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noJeepshere

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This dana44 I picked from the junkyard a few weeks ago is in great shape, everything seems to be almost new, the grease in the bearings is still blue and the brake pads look untouched. However, the hubs are 3-1/2" across, but the hub hole (for lack of a better term) on the wheels on my Yukon that the axle is going into are only 3". I really like the wheels I have (from a 2006 PPV Tahoe) and was wondering: can I have that hole machined so that it will fit over the dana44 hub?

If it is unsafe or illegal or some other good reason not to (not "that's stupid") I'll scrap the idea and look for alternatives.
 
ifs wheels have smaller hub hole than solid axle stuff.

yes you can have the rim's hub hole machined to bigger size and still be hub centric for older axle. best to have rim with no tire on it for machine shop to do nice and true . this is also used to balence the tire/rim combo . so do it good not half a$$ .

and fyi check the back space to make sure it will clear calipers / tie rod ends . ifs rime tend to be in the high 4" to low 5" backspace were our older solid axle stuff was 4" to 4.25" range mostly .

if close or tight will need spacers to push the wheel out.

if you need external thread lug nuts to hold center cap lug nut covers there is american thread conversion nuts on ebay all the time. :thumb:
 
Cool. So it's safe to do? My hub caps are held on by separate bolts to the wheel, so that's a non-issue. And I need a spacer to make the axle wide enough to match the factory track width so that is covered too. And I think my wheels are lug-nut centric as both the holes and the nuts are cone shaped.
 
All newer lugs are cone shaped too but the wheels are hub centric.
 
its not just an ifs thing a stock 6 hole chevy rim won't fit on a toyota because the center hole is not big enough

Yes your wheels are lug centric any aftermarket rim will have a bigger center because they aren't going to sell the same wheel with different center holes unless its meant for a hub centric rig. So open em up the hub has no bearing in your case
 
I had the chance to buy 4 tires and stock aluminum Dodge Durango rims (31-10.50x15) that were 6 lugs like my Suburban,but I noticed the center holes wont fit over my front hubs and the offset probably would be too far in for them to work too...
If I can get the tires alone for 50 bucks or so (they are starting to show slight weather cracks so I dont want to pay much)--I may still go for them ,my friend wanted to just scrap the rims anyway---the thing is not a bad truck but it has a blown motor and he doesn't want to sink any money into it..kind of a shame,but I have no interest in a newer vehicle that needs emission tests and the other late model "blues"...like costly parts ,CEL wont stay off,etc..
 
Well,I guess that solves THAT problem!..:rolleyes:..oh well I like my GM rally wheels better anyway..:thumb:

I ASSUMED all 6 luggers were the same...shoulda known better!.
...just like all 8 lug trucks USED to be the same pattern!,not any more!...
You shoulda seen my eyes when I saw the SEVEN lug Ford rims for the first time!..:eek1::confused::screwy:...
 
noJeepshere said:
I'm not going to do it, my plans have changed somewhat so I won't be using these wheels after the swap.
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Yeah, when you're talking about machining 4-5 wheels and buying 4 wheel spacers, it's really looking like different wheels would be better.
 
Blue85 said:
Yeah, when you're talking about machining 4-5 wheels and buying 4 wheel spacers, it's really looking like different wheels would be better.
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I'm going with 8 lugs, so my 6 lug wheels will be worthless then.;)
 
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