Hey Theo what did you have to do to your front axle to allow it to work with SRW rims?
I'm wanting to do just the opposite and make mine a dually and I've heard that there is an adapter you can buy to put on the front hubs for the dually wheels but didn't know if this was just as good as trying to find a front axle off a dually.

Also the studs on my rear axle appear to be long enough for DRWs, were the axles the same back then for DRW and SRW? I think I remember hearing something about the brakes being bigger.

Thanks for any help.

 

I have heard that the adapters work well - It would be a whole lot easier than swapping out the axle - that is a hassle, you do not want to go there if you don't have to.

You can get adapters for both ends, for about $300 an axle. The advantage of the adapter would be you could change back later if you wanted to.

Theo

 

I found some more info on those adapters, they sound easy enough but I sure wouldn't mind having those bigger brakes on the dually axle.

 

The rear brakes only supply about 20% of the braking effort, so having bigger ones will not make much difference - go with the easiest and cheapest method, and save money.

Theo

 

Where can you get some of those adapters?

 

Here's the company I was looking at:
http://www.wheelspacer.com/DuallyAdapters.asp

 

Thanks 88B_RONC.

Jeremy

 

BRAKES are a major issue, bud. My F100 still isn't right and I thought I should give you some inputs on the status of the problems I'm experiencing:

The booster is exactly the same for F100 through F350. No changes there...

The brake calipers on my 100 right now are the same as the original V6 truck, and I also have a high idle that I have not resolved. I note that on the diesel truck there is a vacuum pump that is mounted roughly where the smog pump is on the 100, and either I can discard the smog pump (which currently does nothing) or mount an extra bracket to hang an independent vaccuum pump as a source for braking power.

Frankly, it just drives me nuts that there must be a vac leak somewhere, because that is how the way the truck behaves points to no matter how much I'd like to disagree with reality.

But when your truck has less brakes than it needs to I notice that even when your common sense dictates that you think much farther ahead than is normal for the average driver, and your BRAKE FOOT is the size of king kong's - there will be times when the hair stands straight up out from the back of your neck in various traffic situations!!! And nobody needs that...

Once I put this truck away in favor of the diesel, it isn't going to leave the driveway until it can skid with the slightest touch on the pedal - even with 44's on it.

My personal measure of brake effectiveness is that they should lock up on dry pavement, no matter what! And it should not be hard to do.

Sometimes this truck can do that, other times it won't for all the tea in China...

I'm sick of second guessing it, and the time is coming soon when I have the option to just park it until I can figure out what the story is.

You shouldn't have to treat a truck "Like a truck".

One thing I have thought of is that the brake sensor valve is jiggered. I mean to have a look at it tomorrow...