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Nov 11, 2005 | 09:59 PM

IHdieselfan

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dually narrow axle

I have a 90 F-350 dually it started its life as a service bed truck. It has a narrow axle. I'm tring to put a regular bed on it but I need a wide axle. with a narrow axle the front tire hits out in the middle of th 2 rear tires. a wide axle hits out inline with the inside tire. any ideas. I've hered of extentions but were do i get them. I'll use it for hauling firewood. so the extentions can't effect the the cap.

Nov 11, 2005 | 10:50 PM

alabamabuddog

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I dont really know what your talking about?
You are talking about the front end .....right?

or is that the read end your talking about?

Nov 11, 2005 | 10:57 PM

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Is that such a major concern that the front wheel tracks in the middle of the two rear wheels? I thought that's how Dodge's have their duallys setup.

However, are you saying that the inside dual hits part of the bed??

Nov 12, 2005 | 11:52 PM

IHdieselfan

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OK there are to different width dually rear axles with a ford, the axle that comes with a dually pickup is a wide axle. This means that the front tire is perfectly lined up with the inside rear tire. With a narrow rear axle the front tire tracks in the center of the rear 2 tires this is the way C&C trucks come from the factory unless you order it with a wide axle. My 90 F-350 was a C&C it has a narrow axle. I'm tring to put a pickup bed on it. With the axle being narrow the inside tires will hit the the fender well. I'm woundering if there are any extentions made to bring the dualls out to make up the difference. only mabe 3 or 4 in.

Nov 13, 2005 | 07:26 AM

alabamabuddog

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Hummmmmmmmmmm. I wasnt under the impression they were different.

Wonder why they did that?

Nov 13, 2005 | 08:41 AM

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Thread moved to 87-96 F-Series Ford trucks forum.

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Nov 14, 2005 | 09:13 PM

IHdieselfan

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I don't know why they did it that way, it might be to keep the sides of a flat bed from sticking way far out but still give you the advantages of the dually.

Nov 15, 2005 | 05:51 AM

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Regarding wheel spacers:

If the wheel spacer/adapter has the indentation in the center, for the brake drum to fit into, and repeats that on the outside for the wheels to slip over, then the load is on that not the wheel studs. The wheel studs are still only providing clamping forces which is the correct way to use a bolt/stud.

Most spacers/adapters don't have this "Feature", which is why everyone warns against it. This is also why chevy, dodge and ford wheels even with the same bolt pattern, are often not interchangable.