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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Has anyone any experience with a 7" wheel on a stock front end of an AD truck? I would put a radial on it but nothing extremely wide. I found some 16" with a 6 bolt pattern in the scrapyard and they are 7" wide. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 | i would think they would work, i know a guy who had a 1952 chevy 3100 all stock and had alum. mag rims on his he drove it to work and his boy drove it to high school
1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 262 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 262 | I've always ran 15x7" wheels both with the old straight axle and the Mustang II front end. Worked perfect. If the ones you found look good, get 'em.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | They don't work on a 1 Ton, I can tell you that. A normal 6" rim is all a 1 ton will take before there are interference problems. It may sound like splitting hairs here but by 7", I take it that you are talking about inside bead surface, side to side, not the outer lip. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 | I have run a 15 X 8" rim with 4" backspacing with a 235/70/15 tire on my 54-3100 with stock tie rod ends. Had 5/8-3/4" clearance from ends.
Wound up with the same tire on a 15 X 7 w/4" BS rim and upgraded tie rod ends. Noted 1" clearance. Tire is centered in wheel well and have noted no interference with tie rods ends. Hope this helps. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 | My 1-ton now has 215/85-16' tires on 7" rims. Works fine.
1951 3800 Be the change you want to see. -hotshoe
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 47 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 47 | 7" rim width shouldn't be a problem, but it's all about back space (distance from inside wheel flange to outside edge of rim) | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Yes the 7" is bead to bead. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Yes, the backspacing is the key. The 16 x 7" rims that I have have a backspacing that interferes with the tie rods. I think that they are off an 80s Chevy pickup. Now the 16 x 6" rims that I have leave about a 1/4" clearance to the tie rod ends. | | |
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