5-bolt patterns

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

"Foxx (in a box)" wrote:
> 
> >  Your comment on the 5x100/4x100 bolt patterns got my curiousity going....
> > so I checked, using my hubs and a 5x100pattern on a mylar template.
> >   You CAN drill a five-bolt pattern on the hubs without interference with
> > the four-bolt pattern (you will use one of the four existing holes).  It
> > will be close, but it is quite do-able.
> 
>   but by using one of the existing holes, wouldn't you be trowing the
> center of the wheel off? iirc my mathematics, a 5x100 would have a
> larger diameter than a 4x100. but that was a long time ago and i may be
> wrong.
> 
> --
>  /\_/\    Foxx (in a box)

as I understand it the four (or five) bolt holes all fit into a circle
100 mm in diameter. Just higher bolt hole density is all.

TBerk