What happened in 1987 wheel question
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What happened in 1987 wheel question
I have a 1982 F350 DRW. The rims are stock steelies 16 x 6. I need a spare rim but can only find rims that apparently fit trucks after 1987. They are still 8 x 6.5 pattern, 16 inch rims with 6 inch width, but they indicate that they only fit 88 and up trucks. Can someone enlighten me? Would a 1988 rim fit my 1982? What happened after 1986 to ford drw rims?
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I have a 1982 F350 DRW. The rims are stock steelies 16 x 6. I need a spare rim but can only find rims that apparently fit trucks after 1987. They are still 8 x 6.5 pattern, 16 inch rims with 6 inch width, but they indicate that they only fit 88 and up trucks. Can someone enlighten me? Would a 1988 rim fit my 1982? What happened after 1986 to ford drw rims?
EDIT:
More of it coming back to me. The rims on my 1972 were 'coined'. This means they alternated between raised bumps and lowered bevels on the lugnuts. This way when the dually wheel was placed a 'raised' lug spot on the exterior wheel nestled in to a lowered spot on the inner wheel. I believe ford did this until 1985. Dodge I believe used them from the late 80s in to the early nineties. Can you use the Dodge rims? I think so but I have not done it.
When I replaced my widowmakers I bought these: RED-WHFD166-80E
They were passable. I bought them from HannaRV. I didn't see them still listed but a google of the product number did result in this:
O.E.M. Dual Wheel WHFD166-80E - 16 x 6 Inch - 1 Ton Ford-Style Coined (hkredihaber.com)
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Searching google I see your issue, I found one site that has DRW rims for an 85-97.
Have you searched the junkyard site, www.car-part.com
Oh I see that site list 97' and down
I found a few, not sure if this helps. But yes, it appears to be confusing
https://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi
Have you searched the junkyard site, www.car-part.com
Oh I see that site list 97' and down
I found a few, not sure if this helps. But yes, it appears to be confusing
https://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi
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If memory serves me in 87 Ford switched to hub-centric rather than lug-centric (maybe the other way?). I remember for my 1972 DRW when I wanted to replace the widow makers I could only look for donors up to 86 (and some Dodge years) due to the same reason.
EDIT:
More of it coming back to me. The rims on my 1972 were 'coined'. This means they alternated between raised bumps and lowered bevels on the lugnuts. This way when the dually wheel was placed a 'raised' lug spot on the exterior wheel nestled in to a lowered spot on the inner wheel. I believe ford did this until 1985. Dodge I believe used them from the late 80s in to the early nineties. Can you use the Dodge rims? I think so but I have not done it.
When I replaced my widowmakers I bought these: RED-WHFD166-80E
They were passable. I bought them from HannaRV. I didn't see them still listed but a google of the product number did result in this:
O.E.M. Dual Wheel WHFD166-80E - 16 x 6 Inch - 1 Ton Ford-Style Coined (hkredihaber.com)
EDIT:
More of it coming back to me. The rims on my 1972 were 'coined'. This means they alternated between raised bumps and lowered bevels on the lugnuts. This way when the dually wheel was placed a 'raised' lug spot on the exterior wheel nestled in to a lowered spot on the inner wheel. I believe ford did this until 1985. Dodge I believe used them from the late 80s in to the early nineties. Can you use the Dodge rims? I think so but I have not done it.
When I replaced my widowmakers I bought these: RED-WHFD166-80E
They were passable. I bought them from HannaRV. I didn't see them still listed but a google of the product number did result in this:
O.E.M. Dual Wheel WHFD166-80E - 16 x 6 Inch - 1 Ton Ford-Style Coined (hkredihaber.com)
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Searching google I see your issue, I found one site that has DRW rims for an 85-97.
Have you searched the junkyard site, www.car-part.com
Oh I see that site list 97' and down
I found a few, not sure if this helps. But yes, it appears to be confusing
https://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi
Have you searched the junkyard site, www.car-part.com
Oh I see that site list 97' and down
I found a few, not sure if this helps. But yes, it appears to be confusing
https://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi
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