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Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question Rock49 #1605297 06/08/2026 3:49 AM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,200 Mill Bay, BC, Canada Gord&Fran Insomniac
Gord&Fran Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,200 Mill Bay, BC, Canada	You can get 6 bolt to 5 bolt adapters. They are spacers which would widen the track; that may be a good thing. You can find them easily with a Google search. I can't comment on the quality of the adapters or if they are legal where you live. Gord 🇨🇦 ---- 1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed

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swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	05/29/2026 1:13 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Gdads51	05/29/2026 1:29 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	05/29/2026 2:09 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	KEVINSKI	05/29/2026 2:51 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	rfs56trk	05/29/2026 2:59 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Bill Hanlon	05/29/2026 3:00 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	05/29/2026 5:56 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	KEVINSKI	05/29/2026 6:30 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	06/01/2026 7:34 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	KEVINSKI	06/01/2026 12:40 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Phak1	05/30/2026 11:51 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	treegrower	05/31/2026 1:52 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Bill Hanlon	06/01/2026 1:19 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	KEVINSKI	06/01/2026 3:02 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	mick53	06/01/2026 10:23 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	06/02/2026 1:24 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	mick53	06/02/2026 3:25 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	TUTS 59	06/04/2026 4:08 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Greg_H	06/05/2026 11:56 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Rock49	06/07/2026 11:29 PM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Gord&Fran	06/08/2026 3:49 AM
Re: swap 6 bolt axles for 5 bolt question	Greg_H	06/08/2026 12:52 PM

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