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Sun, 02 December 2012 21:17

SteveW

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Thanks in advance... anyone know ??

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/wheels/p46676-wheels.html

Steve W 1973 : 23' Southern California

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Sun, 02 December 2012 21:28

Dolph Santorine

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Adobe? (As in Photoshop).

If they are real, I'm interested too!

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On Dec 2, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Steve Weinstock <steve.weinstock@cox.net> wrote:

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> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/wheels/p46676-wheels.html
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Re: Wheels ?? [message #192029 is a reply to message #192018]

Sun, 02 December 2012 23:14

noi

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Trailer wheels of some kind? - Maybe painted?

See they are 6 slot and these are 7 slot - Anyway, here's a thought:

http://recstuff.com/16X6-8-6.5-Aluminum-t02-sendel-trailer-wheel.aspx

Carl P.

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Mon, 03 December 2012 01:31

SteveW

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Carl -

Those are some good looking wheels !!

Any thoughts on how they'd work with our hub centric / bolt centric issues ??

Steve W

Steve W 1973 : 23' Southern California

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Mon, 03 December 2012 06:57

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Steve,

I got excited too, they're great looking then I noticed that Offset = 0.

The offset of the Alcoa's for a GMC (P/N 160231) have a 5.15" offset.

http://www.alcoa.com/alcoawheels/north_america/en/pdf/LT_Brochure_PDF.pdf

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Rob M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Weinstock

Carl -

Those are some good looking wheels !!

Any thoughts on how they'd work with our hub centric / bolt centric issues ??

Steve W

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Mon, 03 December 2012 08:10

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Round White ones...

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Very Happy

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Mon, 03 December 2012 09:14

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Trailer wheels, having no requirement to handle
the torque of wheels designed for PROPELLING a
vehicle MAY NOT have the strength required for
such duty.

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> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: v76_Birchaven@yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 23:14:08 -0600
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Wheels ??
>
> Trailer wheels of some kind? - Maybe painted?
>
> See they are 6 slot and these are 7 slot - Anyway, here's a thought:
>
> http://recstuff.com/16X6-8-6.5-Aluminum-t02-sendel-trailer-wheel.aspx
>
> Carl P.

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Re: Wheels ?? [message #192061 is a reply to message #192018]

Mon, 03 December 2012 11:12

noi

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Steve:

Sorry, no idea how the wheels would work out – I only thought they looked like the wheels I saw while net searching for new wheels some time back.

Rob:

Yah, I saw that as well – But at the time I was net searching I didn’t think that would be a problem as the GMC appears to have (and what I was going to use to solve the no offset problem) fender flairs.

Mac:

An interesting observation about trailer wheels not having a need to “propel” anything and not having enough strength to handle propulsion torque – It never even crossed my mind that it would be an issue – Thanks for that thought and it is something I think I’ll do some net searching on to see if it is a problem.

Carl P.

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Re: Wheels ?? [message #192070 is a reply to message #192018]

Mon, 03 December 2012 12:09

mike miller

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SteveW wrote on Sun, 02 December 2012 19:17

Thanks in advance... anyone know ??

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/wheels/p46676-wheels.html

The wheels look like the ones used on this coach in the 70's:

<http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/first-coach-1977-birchaven/p41292-ed-s-first-coah.html>

Ed, the owner of that coach, is kind of hard to contact, so I am not sure, but I am fairly sure the wheels are not being manufactured any more.

The offset of the wheels is an issue on the rear, any change to the offset from the dually type wheel adds to how far the tire is moved outboard. It isn't very far the point of tire/body interference.

Ed did modifications to the boogies his second coach to allow "deep dish" wheels. <http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41287-ed-s-second-birch.html>

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41287-ed-s-second-birch.html

He told me that he had "a couple of inches" removed from the back side of the boogies at the point of the pins and adding the removed section to the front. This moved the whole boogie, including the hub face where the wheel attaches, inboard. <http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41288-ed-s-second-birch.html>

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41288-ed-s-second-birch.html

Even with this modification, he needed flairs.

I do not expect this to be a popular modification.

Nice look though.

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Mon, 03 December 2012 12:12

mike miller

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mistake...

[Updated on: Mon, 03 December 2012 12:13]

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Mon, 03 December 2012 12:48

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Mike's Post Corrected:

The wheels look like the ones used on this coach in the 70's:

<http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/first-coach-1977-birchaven/p41292-ed-s-first-coah.html>

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/5936/Ed01_001.JPG

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/5935/Ed02_002.JPG

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/5935/Ed02_003.JPG

Even with this modification, he needed flairs.

I do not expect this to be a popular modification.

Nice look though.

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Re: [GMCnet] Wheels ?? [message #192076 is a reply to message #192072]

Mon, 03 December 2012 13:00

Robin Hood

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Eegad! What happened to that coach? It looks like a rollover?

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, A. <markbb1@netzero.com> wrote:
>
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> Mike's Post Corrected:
>
> The wheels look like the ones used on this coach in the 70's:
>
> <http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/first-coach-1977-birchaven/p41292-ed-s-first-coah.html>
>
>
> Ed, the owner of that coach, is kind of hard to contact, so I am not sure, but I am fairly sure the wheels are not being manufactured any more.
>
> The offset of the wheels is an issue on the rear, any change to the offset from the dually type wheel adds to how far the tire is moved outboard. It isn't very far the point of tire/body interference.
>
> Ed did modifications to the boogies his second coach to allow "deep dish" wheels. <http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41287-ed-s-second-birch.html>
>
>
> He told me that he had "a couple of inches" removed from the back side of the boogies at the point of the pins and adding the removed section to the front. This moved the whole boogie, including the hub face where the wheel attaches, inboard. <http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/second-coach-78-birch/p41288-ed-s-second-birch.html>
>
>
> Even with this modification, he needed flairs.
>
> I do not expect this to be a popular modification.
>
> Nice look though.
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