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Oct 9, 2005 | 06:09 PM

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7-lug bolt pattern

when and why the hell did ford go to the 16 inch wheel and 7 lug bolt pattern ??
what was wrong with the good old 8 bolt/ 16and a half inch wheel ? now im stuck with these sorry looking 16 inch wheels on my 96 f-250..are they as strong...4 wheel drive diesel.....thanks

Oct 9, 2005 | 06:43 PM

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I don't know about strength but I think the 16" wheel doesn't have the lip inside to hold the bead of the tire on. This isn't a problem unless you run a ultra low pressure for off road or snow driving.

Oct 9, 2005 | 06:45 PM

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What vehicle are you talking about? The 7 lug wheels as far as I know only came on the light duty F-250's of the late 90's. Never herd of a diesel rig with 7 lug axles.

Oct 9, 2005 | 07:18 PM

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'96 F-250 should have 8 lug wheels. Ford did use some hubcaps that had 7 fake lug nuts on them. I betting your truck has these on it.

Oct 9, 2005 | 07:29 PM

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The 16.5 rims don,t have a inside bead on them the 16 do have a bead.

Dale

Oct 9, 2005 | 07:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by perky

The 16.5 rims don,t have a inside bead on them the 16 do have a bead.

Dale

Thanks fot the correction.

Oct 9, 2005 | 10:50 PM

96f250

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7 lug bolt pattern

i'm a dope...staring at stupid hubcaps instead of wheels with 8 lugs underneath
what can you expect...im gettin' old...thanks anyway...just kicked myself in the butt...