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#438876 08/05/2008 5:13 PM
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I have a chance to buy a 2003 disc brake rear out a 4x4 Blazer.
I have a MustangII setup on the front, with the traditional
5 x 4.75 stud pattern.
I think the 4x4 rear has a metric bolt pattern. Will I have to run two different sets of wheels? Or will the 4x4 wheels work on the front also? I beleive the front studs are 7/16 diameter.
Sometimes this mixing old and new makes me a little crazy !!


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I thought the blazer axle was narrower than the S-10. We'll see...


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The S-10 pattern is 5 X 4 3/4" (or 5 X 120.7mm) depending on your country. The 4X4 Blazer and 4X4 Pickup rears are 5 inches wider than the 2X rears and fit nicely under AD trucks (47-54).
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I guess what I'm looking for is,...are a s10 2x4, and an s10 4x4 wheel interchangeable?? I know the 4x4 rear end has larger diameter studs. Thanks


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I think you will find the threads are metric,but it'll be the same 5x43/4"PCD or as KC said 5x120.7mm though. I think it will probably be a 12mm thread.


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Yes, the studs are 12 x 1.50 metric, actually very common on late GM passenger cars, they are the same regardless of 2wd or 4x4, although some early 2wds w/steel wheels had 7/16" studs. Those were using the same parts as the GM G body for brakes/axles. Bolt circle is the same. As to wheel interchange; you can put a 2wd wheel on the 4x4 axle, but not the other way around.


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So basically the smaller studs on my MII front rotors can only be used with a 2wd wheel. Am I understanding correct that these same 2wd wheels will also fit over the larger diameter 4x4 studs?


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It's not the stud size that causes the fit issue, but rather the backspacing of the wheel itself. The 2wd wheel uses a std GM rear drive backspace, the 4x4 uses a FWD type backspace, due to the wider track width of the axles. The reason for the extra width has to do with the independant front suspension used on them. You will be fine using the same wheel front and rear. One suggestion, if you want to keep the same nuts all around, have the flaps cross referrence the stud knurl to the same thread pitch that you have on the front. If you have to err on this, err to slightly larger knurl size, then simply install the new studs. That way, you won't have to have a mis-matched set of lugnuts.


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I finally see the light!....Thanks, Longbox!


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worse case scenerio is to drill out the m11 rotors and put a larger stud in them................dave


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