And the disembodied wheels look kinda freaky. Add in the ghostly headlights and you're starting to collect the building blocks for a horror story. 
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2000 GMT400 CREW CAB SFA SWAP-The Warden: Fuel leak fixed and awaiting surgery…
- Thread starter GWeakland620
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The ultimate goal for this truck is tow duty/family camping trips/small offroad adventures.
Like Christine?
Did moar works of works today.
Clearanced the engine cross member for more bump room. Going to weld a plate to the bottom to box it back in like it was before.
I then focused back on the axle. New ball joints in and ready to roll.
Clearanced the engine cross member for more bump room. Going to weld a plate to the bottom to box it back in like it was before.
I then focused back on the axle. New ball joints in and ready to roll.
And a couple of before shots for reference.
Good progress. Get ur done!
This thread needs more progress. 
Haha, I agree. It's a waiting game at this point. Waiting to get the hubs and rotors back from the machine shop.
There is a small change of plans with the spring choice, and bushings. But I will update more with that, when I have pictures to go along with the info.
There is a small change of plans with the spring choice, and bushings. But I will update more with that, when I have pictures to go along with the info.
Well geez, ask and you shall receive. My dude just brought these to me at work...
What shiny thingies did you have them do to the hub & rotor?
Redrilled both to 8x6.5 bolt patter from the original 8x170mm. Now my bolt pattern matches front to rear.
Nice! There is tons of meat there to do the redrill.
corrected the ford STUPID duty bolt pattern . . . .
Yes there is. Only other issue I am running into the the hub opening on the steel wheels is not large enough for the Ferd hub...
Very stupid dooty.corrected the ford STUPID duty bolt pattern . . . .
Yep, that's a ford hub with a GM bolt pattern.
Definitely going to have to grind the hub down a bit to fit the wheel. No biggie.
Definitely going to have to grind the hub down a bit to fit the wheel. No biggie.
And here you can see the depth. Center cap bored out, with the lockout in place should look good.
Super dutys are hubcentric not lug centric.
Probably where the problem stems from
Probably where the problem stems from
I was just gonna say that. I see you are running the lug centric lug nuts to match your wheels. Are you just gonna grind the center opening of the wheel to get them to sit all the way on the hub or will it take more? Like turning down the hub diameter.
dodge / ford / gm for years have all had different hub bore specs . you can swap some around but not all .
and even if its oem lug centric the rim still registers on the hub also .
and even if its oem lug centric the rim still registers on the hub also .
The front hub is hub centric. The wheel is both lug and hub centric. I will be grinding the hub on the front in order to make the front just lug centric. I do not want to grind the wheel, as it is lug and hub centric. Being that the rear is both, it is a much stronger combo for towing. If I grind the front wheel, then I will never be able to rotate the tires. Leaving the rear with a smaller hub, would mean it would only be lug centric.
I hope that all came out right.
I hope that all came out right.
