Drilling rivet holes in wheel treads

[MrForbes]

We've struggled over the years drilling rivet holes in wheel treads. This year we made a jig. It almost works...still need to tweak the spacing on the holes at one end. We used a piece of C base channel, which a 1" tread fits into nicely. We put a piece of 1x1 1/8" wall aluminum square tube inside it, as backing. The channel is drilled with the correct spacing to make the rivet holes end up where they need to be on the treads.

http://photos.project1726.org/albums/userpics/10010/2011wheels03.jpg

Just thought I'd share this, if anyone can use it....

[ratdude747]

my former team just drilled them in place on the rims.

are the wheels pre drilled now?

[MrForbes]

We got some AM Performance wheels. They are predrilled. The IFI wheels we used in the past are also drilled. We've always had trouble getting the holes in just the right place on the treads, so they match up with the wheels.