Sorry, but I read this post and had no clue to what you are talking about and what seemed to make you upset. JB, so I looked into your previous posts and saw that you are interested in widening you wheels and didn't get responses. I missed your original post. Sorry about that!

Some of the guys here may not agree with me about doing this, but this is what can be done. I don't think this will put much extra stress on the axles unless you do something extreme.

My dad did this when I was a kid and widened some rims on a large ag type tractor rear wheel that had a rim diameter of about 5 feet.

He cut the existing rim width along the rim O.D. in (2) pieces such that one cut was on the outboard side of where the rim is mounted so by adding a strip of material, he widen the tire/rim toward the outside not affecting fender clearance. He then added a piece of material which was about 2-3" in width and welded the 3 peices together giving him the desired width.

He did this by carefully scribing a line on the rim for the full circumference on the rim O.D. and keeping it parallel to the rim flange. He drilled a hole in the rim to get a spot to start with a recriprocating saw and carefully cut the rim along the scribed line.

He then measured the rim diameter with a tape measure and purchased a strip of steel the same thickness as the rim material and same length as the rim diameter and took it to a machine shop that had a rolling machine. He had the strip roll formed into the same diameter as the rim.

He made a jig to keep both halfs of the rim concentric to one another and also the flanges parallel while placing the strip between. He welded the sections together using a stitching pattern of about 3" at a time alternating from side to side and moving around the periphery. He eventually made these continous welds but moving around reduced/eliminated warpage.

That is allot of work and must be carefully done. The rim my dad modified was also quite thick due to it size. He stick welded it. I'm sure your rim is allot thinner and should be TIG or MIG welded if you decide to do so. If you are not a skilled fabricator, suggest going to a qualified machine shop to do this. I doubt if you can find an after market rim of the correct diameter and bolt pattern at the desired width.

My guess is you would first need to find an alternate tire width in the same diameter that you currently have. If the tire is about 3" wider you would want the rim widened about the same width. You can put a slightly wider tire on your existing rim. Going too much wider will give you a curved configuration on the O.D. Like with a turf tire you want a flat shape for ground contact.

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