by Begle1 » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:31 pm
Well, I got the wheels.
And stock 2006 Chevy rims DO NOT fit onto my D71 rear end. The stock rims have a smooth 4 1/2 inch diameter hole, but the Chevy's have "knuckles" on the perimeter of the hole that just barely keep them from fitting. I only need to file 1/16 or less of an inch out of them to make them fit, but they don't go on the way it is. Maybe with a sledgehammer, but then would only come off with a bigger sledgehammer. What do ya'll think the best way to file them off would be?
And the stock center caps can't clear the hub of the axle, so if anybody knows of some sort of aftermarket thing I could use I'd be interested.
The two "slightly used" tires have pretty ugly alignment wear on them. I put them on my front since my alignment is shot as it is, but now I got the vibration. Is there a way to fix that? Could they be re-weighted, or would those little weight balls do it, or just put them on the back and do a 20 second burn out on each one?
And our trucks take SAE lugnuts, don't they? Apparently GM uses metric ones, because those are what the guy had, and they went on just fine by hand. So I was partially convinced that the studs were metric until I lowerd the truck and went to tighten them with a tire iron and they all spun on the studs. Anybody know where I can get some lugnuts with a longer-than-stock taper but that fit onto the stock threads?
I figure I still came out ahead. Not be much, but I made a deal.
1990 D-250 Regular Cab: Tweaked injection pump, built transmission, a cataclysmic charlie foxtrot of electronics, the most intense street-ran water injection system in the country, and some more unique stuff.