dually rearend
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ok this is becomeing a big pain in my side. I am making my 1977 f250 into a dually. The problem I'm having is that with the tires that i am running are to wide and i need a spacer. when i called to get a spacer the lady told me that since my axle is a lug centering axle that using spacers and the rims off of my 85 dually would cause me problems because they are hub centering wheels. what should i do?
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Use the spacers and get coined wheels. They have the bevel where the lug nut sits. Your 85 wheels whould be flat and have a washer on the lug nut. The hub on it is machined whereas the hub on the older truck is cast.
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no my tires are to wide so i need a spacer in between. another question. aren't the older rims 16x7 while the ones i have are 16x6. wouldn't this help my spacing issue
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ok this is what i did, 75 highboy running dual 38 13 16 swampers, they rubbed toggether, so i used chevy dually wheels, they had a different offset, then i got ahold of arrowcraft, www.arrowcraft.com ordered a set of rear magnum adapters for a ford, i used a 1/4 in spacer against the drum put the first wheel( inside) and bolt the adapters on ( use loctite and torque down) then mount outside wheel. i've run it all over and had no problems
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i used it on a d70 also i have them now on a 10.25 sterling. i used them with lug centering wheels, just didn't tell them. what size tires are you running? i might have all the spacers here you need. measure how much room you need between them.
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A 255mm tire is pretty wide for a dually. Might be better to sell/trade in the 255s for 235s or 225s. Spacing out enough to put a gap in that wide of a tire with a load in the truck is going to put you pretty far out on the wheel studs, if they are long enough. That stress will be compounded by the lug-centric wheels.
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Will a hub-centric wheel center up on a lug-centric hub?
I've never tried, but I would think that the wheel hole diameter will not be close enough to the hub diameter to center up the wheel. Have you bolted these wheels on to see? Out of pure curosity, hat were your results?
I think Dave is right, you're going to need coined wheels.
I've never tried, but I would think that the wheel hole diameter will not be close enough to the hub diameter to center up the wheel. Have you bolted these wheels on to see? Out of pure curosity, hat were your results?
I think Dave is right, you're going to need coined wheels.