| Re: [GMCnet] A Wheel Big Disappointment [message #141795] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 23:21  |
James Moore
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Registered: January 2004
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Matt,
You are looking for the wrong wheels. The 16 inch steel wheels that fit
GMC motorhomes came on 1988 and older GM dually pickups, vans and buses.
The ones used on later model dually vehicles won't fit.
The correct wheels are fairly common in the pick and pull yards around
here. Last time I priced them they were $15.00 each. Also come in two
varieties, riveted and welded.
The local Pick and Pull yards have a website where you can check their
vehicle inventory. Doesn't mean the parts you want are still there but can
save you a wasted trip.
Jim Moore
75 PB with 16 inch steel wheels for over 10 yrs.
Battle Ground, WA
> [Original Message]
> From: Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Date: 8/30/2011 5:23:46 PM
> Subject: [GMCnet] A Wheel Big Disappointment
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> The regulars here know that I have been chasing steel 16' wheels for a
while now.
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> Dream Cruise day, I acquired four ugly wheels that need at least a blast
and prime, one even uglier with damage that I believe I can repair and one
that I won't even bother, but I brought it home anyway.
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> After involved e-mails and phone conversations, I thought I had two more.
Mary and I drove ninety miles to find out that they had the wrong hub bore.
They were from a '92 C3500 dually, but the hub bore was the larger (4-3/4?)
size. Bummer....
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> I have a perpetually running Craig's list with the wheel specs and
pictures, and had asked him to to check it against that. I guess he missed
something or just matched the application.
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> So, not all the Round Shouldered barrel wheels from C3500s are the
correct fit.
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> There may be one down by Findley OH, but I haven't figured out how to get
it without spending more for fuel than it is worth.
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> Back to my Craig's list search.
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> Matt
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> Matt & Mary Colie
> '73 Glacier 23 Chaumiere (say show-me-air) Just about as stock as you
will find
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] A Wheel Big Disappointment [message #141796 is a reply to message #141795] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 23:50  |
Chr$
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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guys, it took me about t months, but I got all but one of my wheels used off of craigslist locally. If you keep at it, and live in a large metro area, you can get alum alcoas or eagles for about $25 per wheel.
Really worth it.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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| Re: [GMCnet] A Wheel Big Disappointment [message #141804 is a reply to message #141796] |
Wed, 31 August 2011 07:03 |
lqqkatjon
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Location: St. Cloud, MN
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What keywords do you use to search for? Were they rims that were from a gmc motorhome? or what other vehicles would I search for?
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: [GMCnet] A Wheel Big Disappointment [message #141814 is a reply to message #141795] |
Wed, 31 August 2011 08:45 |
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Matt Colie
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| James Moore wrote on Wed, 31 August 2011 00:21 |
Matt,
You are looking for the wrong wheels. The 16 inch steel wheels that fit GMC motorhomes came on 1988 and older GM dually pickups, vans and buses.
The ones used on later model dually vehicles won't fit.
The correct wheels are fairly common in the pick and pull yards around here. Last time I priced them they were $15.00 each. Also come in two varieties, riveted and welded.
The local Pick and Pull yards have a website where you can check their vehicle inventory. Doesn't mean the parts you want are still there but can save you a wasted trip.
Jim Moore
75 PB with 16 inch steel wheels for over 10 yrs.
Battle Ground, WA
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Jim,
I am going to correct my applications list.
I live in Michigan (where fender solvent is liberally applied to all the roads all winter (Sept - May). What shows up in scrap yards that is over twenty years old is there because it finally failed due to structural corrosion (it fell the F-apart).
Very few of the yards around here can/will tell you what they have on the lot over the phone. One even charges you a buck to go out in their yard and look around (I don't go there often).
Given the condition of the ones recently acquired, I may just give up looking in this region.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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