Wheel bolt pattern
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Wheel bolt pattern
So my real wheels have like 78 bolts hold the rim on and the front wheels have about 25......how difficult is it to swap out the spindles to a five lug? where would i find the parts? im looking to put my truck on airbags and start turning it into a show truck.
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All 1953/79 F100's have 5 lug wheels on a 5.50" bolt circle.
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Alrighty then. since none of you seem to have a sense of humor or the ability to understand hyperbole, im going to require that no one reply unless they have something USEFUL to say. my rears are an 8 bolt pattern. Dont start quoting stats and production figures at me, because i can count. Now, does anyone have any HELPFUL info?
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So you have 8 lugs in rear, 5 in front? That makes your truck a 5/8ths...
I doubt you can have your rear axles & brake drums redrilled for the 5 on 5.5 pattern. My guess is the hub is too big to make that pattern work.
That leaves you converting back to a 9" Ford axle, which was OEM for your truck. Just find a donor of similar vintage and get out the air wrench.
You can swap to disc brakes, or find one with 11 x 2 1/2 drums, which may be the biggest, but they're big enough if they're not.
If you have 8 or 6 up front, I think you are still looking at going back to F100 standards--no room to redrill due to hub size..........
Numberdummy might know if the spindles up front interchange between the i-beams on f100 vs. f 250....
I doubt you can have your rear axles & brake drums redrilled for the 5 on 5.5 pattern. My guess is the hub is too big to make that pattern work.
That leaves you converting back to a 9" Ford axle, which was OEM for your truck. Just find a donor of similar vintage and get out the air wrench.
You can swap to disc brakes, or find one with 11 x 2 1/2 drums, which may be the biggest, but they're big enough if they're not.
If you have 8 or 6 up front, I think you are still looking at going back to F100 standards--no room to redrill due to hub size..........
Numberdummy might know if the spindles up front interchange between the i-beams on f100 vs. f 250....
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So you have 8 lugs in rear, 5 in front? That makes your truck a 5/8ths...
I doubt you can have your rear axles & brake drums redrilled for the 5 on 5.5 pattern. My guess is the hub is too big to make that pattern work.
That leaves you converting back to a 9" Ford axle, which was OEM for your truck. Just find a donor of similar vintage and get out the air wrench.
You can swap to disc brakes, or find one with 11 x 2 1/2 drums, which may be the biggest, but they're big enough if they're not.
If you have 8 or 6 up front, I think you are still looking at going back to F100 standards--no room to redrill due to hub size..........
Numberdummy might know if the spindles up front interchange between the i-beams on f100 vs. f 250....
I doubt you can have your rear axles & brake drums redrilled for the 5 on 5.5 pattern. My guess is the hub is too big to make that pattern work.
That leaves you converting back to a 9" Ford axle, which was OEM for your truck. Just find a donor of similar vintage and get out the air wrench.
You can swap to disc brakes, or find one with 11 x 2 1/2 drums, which may be the biggest, but they're big enough if they're not.
If you have 8 or 6 up front, I think you are still looking at going back to F100 standards--no room to redrill due to hub size..........
Numberdummy might know if the spindles up front interchange between the i-beams on f100 vs. f 250....
All that re-drilling and swapping will do nothing more than give you a headache to work on/find parts for....not to mention the nightmare it would be for a subsequent owner....
F100 Axles typically had the 5-bolt pattern, F250 and F350 Axles had 8...as they are designed to handle more weight.
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F10YDF10430 is whats on the title. the decoder on the site sez its an f100 2WD with a 360 2bbl..... this thing is def bigger than a half-ton truck. 3/4 or mebbe even a One-Ton, especially with the super-low gearing. Im gonna crawl up underneath it this weekend and check the frame plate.
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