| [GMCnet] Steel Wheels for coach [message #110779] |
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powerjon
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I was going thru my laptop cleaning out the mail boxes and found this
information on using steel wheels.
JR Wright
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:33:18 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
> From: Jim Moore <j.moore.jr@mindspring.com>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Steel Wheels for GMC - 16 Inch?
>
> What wheels will fit is very simple. In 1988 GM changed the design
> of their front ends. They went to independent front suspension on
> their 4X4 trucks and changed to metric lug bolts and nuts. Wheels
> installed on GM dually trucks manufactured before the 1988 model
> year will fit GMC motor homes. Later wheels may not. Wheels
> suitable for use with radial tires are stamped with an "R" or radial
> just like the 16.5 wheels that came on the GMC MH's. I have never
> seen 16" steel wheels that were not stamped with a "R". Stock GM
> dually wheels are the same width as the 16.5 GMC wheels.
>
> Wheels also come in two "flavors". Riveted and welded. I like the
> welded ones, but have seen lots of riveted ones in junk yards. The
> Dodge and Ford dually wheels may match the bolt pattern, but aren't
> hub centered. Wheels held on by the stock GMC lug nuts must be hub
> centered. Tapered lug nuts cannot be used with any steel dually
> wheels that I am aware of.
>
> Biggest problem with used steel wheels is you cannot tell if they
> are bent unless they are badly damaged. You can only test them by
> mounting on a hub and spinning while measuring runout.
>
> As for new wheels, I don't have any idea what will fit since the
> cost of new steel wheels is too close to the cost of alloy wheels to
> justify buying them. 16" steel wheels in the Vancouver, WA "U-Pick
> Yard sell for $10 to $15 each. Other yards want $25 to $30 for them.
>
> Jim Moore
> 75 PB with trouble free 16" used steel wheels since 2001
> Battle Ground, WA
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J.R. Wright
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GMC Eastern States
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78 30' Buskirk Stretch
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