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Mon, 18 May 2015 18:12

glwgmc

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Hub holes are different size on the Ford and GMC but the lug centers are the same. I found that out when I had Alcoas put on our Royale many years ago. In the bay right next to our coach was a Ford pick up getting a new set of Alcoas that looked just the same shod with the same tires we were buying. On our way home we developed a scary out of balance condition. I pulled the wheels all off and noticed one had a larger hub hole than the rest so it did not hub center. Since the lug nuts were flat washer units that wheel could move enough to cause what felt like a badly out of balance wheel/tire. I called the shop to warn them that they likely had installed one of my GMC wheels on that pickup and it would not hub center. The shop denied they could do such a thing and would not call that owner. They said I must of brought in one wrong Alcoa. I called SW Wheel where they came from and they said almost impossible the way they QC before shipment but sent me a new one anyway.
I always wondered what happened to that Ford since the GMC wheel never would center on the hub and would just be pulled down near the hub by the lug nuts. Hope he found the error and got it corrected before hurting himself or someone else. Never used that tire store again.

Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR

glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
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Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:08:12 -0600
From: A.
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Steel Wheels
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biggreen wrote on Mon, 18 May 2015 15:05
> I know we have been over this before, and I apologize for the repetition, but are these the steel wheels that fit our coach? Thanks
> http://www.southwestwheel.com/store/p-1835-29587pkgry21.aspx
>
> If so, has anyone ordered wheels from Southwest?
They are NOT the correct steel wheels. As far as I know you can NOT buy the right ones NEW. They have to come off an old GMC truck of the correct year
range.

see http://gmcmotorhome.info/wheels.html

I got mine off craigslist, and the guy said they came off a Ford. I think he didn't know what he was talking about, but the hub hole was the right
size so I bought 'em.
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'73 23' Sequoia For Sale
'73 23' CanyonLands For Sale
Upper Alabama
After all is said and done, a helluva lot more is said than done.
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR

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