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| | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 | Found some newer (2001) 6 lug aluminum rims to put on my '66 c10 and when I went to put them on turns out the original lugs are to short for the rims (also don't have the proper lug nuts for the caps with the external threads). First time down this road for me and I didn't see this coming. I can't find longer 7/16-20 lugs with nuts that have the external threads. What I am wondering is, if I switch over to longer metric lugs (12mm) will they fit as a drop in replacement? What other surprises might I be in for? No point in re-inventing the wheel so to speak as I figure someone has already solved this one, but I was stiking out searching the forums. Thanks in advance for the help. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | You're going to find that those wheels will not work. The backspacing is too deep, and they will rub. If you want to go with later model wheels, you really can't go any newer that '87.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,811 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,811 | You're not going to find inch-thread lug nuts with the external threads on them, so switching to metrics will be the only viable solution. No, you probably won't find a drop-in replacement stud. One possiblity would be to use chrome acorn-type lug nuts intended for mag wheels with the shoulder that sticks through the hole, and forget about the decorative nut covers. You might have to open up the holes in the wheel a little, but it would be better than changing 24 wheel studs.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | You're not going to find inch-thread lug nuts with the external threads on them Jerry, that's not 100% true. I'm not sure who makes them, but they are available in a 1/2"-20 thread. They do have a 7/8" hex, and use the larger full size truck lug caps. I have a set on mine, found them at a swap meet from the same vendor I got my '94-'98 style center caps I'm using.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 | thanks guys - regardless of the lug issue it sounds like the wheels will rub - is there any kind of spacer that can be used? | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Not without using very long wheel studs. I'm personally not a fan of spacers, epscially when you get into ones thick enough to amke up for that much backspace change. Best bet is to get wheels that fit the application properly.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,811 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,811 | Hmmmm- - - -good to know, but I'm pretty sure they aren't factory stock, right?
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I don't know fo any factory application that they might be from. It was kind of a lucky find deal. I seem to recall someone told me once that the Astro vans used them, but I've never seen one one with that exact nut.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18 | I agree best to get the wheels that fit the application...you guys saved me much time, money and heart ache on this one. Time to sell the wheels and find some others. Thanks | | |
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