wheel spacers

[gafiredog]

I have a 1 ton single wheel crew I'm starting to work on after a few years of it being on the back burner. Can I put 3" spacers on the front and use 1 ton wheels? has anybody done this? thanks, Art

[nonstop]

Is this a 2 wheel drive? If it is, you're probably money ahead getting dually rotors and hubs.

[UKNOWME]

What are you trying to accomplish? Just curious

[gafiredog]

2 wheel drive. changed over a 3/4 ton to one ton wheels years ago, had to change spindles because the calipers from the 3/4 ton won't fit the 1 ton rotors. was just wondering about spacers. less headache to bolt on wheel spacers than change everything from spindles out. this truck has c-30 plates, and 10,000 gvw on sticker on door post with all the other info. about the truck, but it has 3/4 ton front brakes, with a 14 bolt rear like the 1 tons do. may want to run 1 ton bud wheels on it.

[UKNOWME]

My 3/4 has a 14 bolt. The rest of what you said confused me but that doesn't take much. Lol

[andrewmp6]

Honestly i wouldn't drive anything with a 3 inch spacer specially with a heavy dually wheel on it.Its a lot safer just to swap out the dually parts and is what i would do.

[cadillac_al]

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the front end, converting regular steel wheels to the heavy duty 1 ton wheels. I have never messed with those heavy duty wheels and don't really know what the spacer looks like other than what I see through the wheel. I don't really think it cam be done. I always thought the steel wheels looked better to me.

[andrewmp6]

He wants budd wheels which are dually rims.He wants to use really thick bolt on spacers insted of doing a dually swap on it.

[74CustomK20]

Do a dually swap. That is a lot of leverage on those spacers.

[95 S_Trucker]

The best thing to do would be to change the rotors to 1 ton rotors.

I would look at factory 1 ton express van/silverado adapter/spacer if you want to use a spacer.

01-10 from dually trucks, and 03-current for dually express/savanna vans.

The lug pattern is the same, the hub diameter is the same, the new studs will be 14mm. You may be able to replace them with 9/16 or just get metric nuts.

[95 S_Trucker]

[UKNOWME]

Is it's making sense. What's your plan for the rear? I'm asking these questions because I'm considering converting my 3/4 to a dually. Not so much for extra load as much as looks. I'm planning to lower mine though

[andrewmp6]

A dually rear end is wider then a single wheel rear end.But a cab and chassis dually rear is the more narrow then a single wheel rear end.Top dually swap you need the bed the rear end,The front end you need spindles out and maybe tie rods.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 95 S_Trucker

The best thing to do would be to change the rotors to 1 ton rotors.

I would look at factory 1 ton express van/silverado adapter/spacer if you want to use a spacer.

01-10 from dually trucks, and 03-current for dually express/savanna vans.

The lug pattern is the same, the hub diameter is the same, the new studs will be 14mm. You may be able to replace them with 9/16 or just get metric nuts.

The hub bore changed when the lug studs did (from my research on the subject/looking for wheels).
Pre 01 was 1/2" studs/4.56" hub bore. Post used 14mm studs & have a 4.60" hub bore. Not much difference but different enough to matter.

[95 S_Trucker]

The metric studs started in 88(with the gmt400 trucks)

Everything I saw with hub diameter is 117 mm.

Maybe an adapter from a 88-00(IFS) 4wd DRW?

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 95 S_Trucker

The metric studs started in 88(with the gmt400 trucks)

Everything I saw with hub diameter is 117 mm.

Maybe an adapter from a 88-00(IFS) 4wd DRW?

Since squarebody CC duallys were available thru 91 & did not have metric lugs, I guess there are variances. I know from my search for clean steelies through Southwest Wheel, the years w/the different bore sizes were listed as 73-00 @ 4.56" bore & 01-07 @ 4.60" bore. After that they were listed as metric.

They sell conversion adapters to allow mounting dually style wheels on single wheel apps....
https://www.southwestwheel.com/c-103...-adapters.aspx

[Desert1957]

Here is was my thread, I think it should give you an idea before and after.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=581002

[gafiredog]

thanks for all the input guys. Think I'll just go with the 1 ton parts and do it the way I did before. getting lazy in my old age and wanted the look and an easier way to get it, thats all.