1991 Defender 90: Wheel Mod#ANR4583PMs Work w/Rear Drums?

Hi. This topic seems to be beat to death but wanted to beat it a little more for good measure! I have a 1991 Defender 90 and looking to buy tubeless rims vs. the tubed currently on it. I'd like to avoid using spaces and seems the ANR4583PMs are the most readily available wheel that might fit. Can anyone confirm this rim will fit the rear drums without issue, use of spacers, etc? I'm back in the US and the sales rep couldn't confirm which made me nervous.. shipping nearly matches wheel costs! Thank you all in advance!!

The British army retro-fitted "Wolf" wheels to their 1985 onward fleet. (ANR4583PMs )
The only issue is that the original studs are slightly shorter than the ones intended for "Wolf" wheels, however the Army were happy to stick with them.

Would the wolfs require the 60mm studs then I take it? Is there another standard tubeless rim that would be a better fit? Seems like the wolfs are durable and well praised so sounds like will just have to order up the longer studs along with rims

They do not require the longer stud, but the do require a higher torque setting when tightening them up. this is what the British army used when they switched the old fleet to the hD "wolf" wheels. I have these fitted to my series (drums all around) using the higher torque setting with no problems.

I will try and find the document giving the new torque settings It has been posted on here before.

Abner said:

Would the wolfs require the 60mm studs then I take it? Is there another standard tubeless rim that would be a better fit? Seems like the wolfs are durable and well praised so sounds like will just have to order up the longer studs along with rims

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Not necessary, you can change them if you want but Land Rover and the army studied it and discovered that increased wheel but torque was safe when using short studs with wolf wheels.

I will take a photo of the updated data plate fitted to my vehicle which gives the new torque setting

Sorry, I may not have been clear, as others have added, the British army were quite happy to bolt Wolf wheels onto otherwise un-modified vehicles that used identical axles, hubs and studs as yours.

Here you are, data plate fitted to land rovers with wolf wheels showing the higher torque setting.

170nm is 125lb/foot btw

dag019 said:

They do not require the longer stud, but the do require a higher torque setting when tightening them up. this is what the British army used when they switched the old fleet to the hD "wolf" wheels. I have these fitted to my series (drums all around) using the higher torque setting with no problems.

I will try and find the document giving the new torque settings It has been posted on here before.

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Thanks Dag.

flat said:

Here you are, data plate fitted to land rovers with wolf wheels showing the higher torque setting.

170nm is 125lb/foot btwView attachment 162315

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Thanks guys! Will get the wolfs on order and maintain the original studs too.