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well, i got my disc brake conversion in stalled along with my new 2.5" spindles and 2" springs. i go to put the wheels back on and.....they don't fit!! :( My dumb a$$ thought my bolt pattern was 5 on 5, stock drums are 5 on 4 1/2, new rotors are 5 on 4 3/4, my new $$2500.00 rims that should be here anytime are 5 on 5:whine:

any suggestions? can i get a 5 on 5 rotor to fit magaughy spindles? i should be able to get a set of moser axles for the rear also with 5 on 5 right?
:fb: :help:

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5 on 4.5 is ford car.....5 on 4.75 is GM car.....5 on 5 is GM 1/2 ton truck from 71 and up till the metrics

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Oh and large GM car is 5 :) on 5 also

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my '68 stock drums all the way around are 5 on 4 1/2...hhmmm

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stock drums are 6 on 5

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your STOCK drums should be 6 on 5.5

gm truck spindes are 5on 5 put stock rotors on it and you should be fine.

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I don't know if this will help but I ordered a complete front end kit that had spindles, rotors, ball joints the whole nine yards but was for six lug wheels. At the last minute I decided to go with five lug wheels so my lug patern was wrong, I went to autozone and bought two replacment rotors problem solved, everything bolted up fine.

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thanks, i think im going to try and get different rotors and new axles.

My truck is 5 lug, not 6.

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First why would you have 5 on 4.5 ? What type of rear do you have? Ford?

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12 bolt chev rear end

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Do you have a pic of this rear.The reason I ask if the axles are 5 on 4.5 Then it was drilled special by someone.And for you to have the front like this really makes me doubt your conclusion. You need to measure the pattern. Maybe someone can chime in on proper precedure. I think it is center to center (lugs)

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im uploading some pics right now.. i know how to measure lug patterns...this is a first for me also. i thought chev trucks were 5 on 5

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what i took off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../brakes010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../brakes011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../brakes012.jpg
what i put on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../brakes007.jpg
rear end
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ytvnj005-1.jpg

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Moser can make you axels in any pattern you want. Give them a call.

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that 12-bolt should have c-clips shouldn't it

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C-clips...YES....Thats how I would measure. Thats a little SPOOKY

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yup, i should be able to get rotors i hope with 5 on 5. looks like i'll be calling moser also...do you know what spline they are stock? 28? 30?

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With your luck,at this point. Iwould count 'em. Goodluck:)

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Have you measured the rear? I would if you are going on the fact that the rims match.

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i did measure the rears also.. looks like i need to pull an axle and count splines

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Actually on all 5 lug patters you measure from the outside of one lug to the center of the opposite lug (skipping one lug) See the attached fitment picture. So using that meathod, your drums are 5 X 4 3/4 which would be correct and your new disc are 5 X 5 which also is correct.

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the way youre measureing youre new front discs is wrong, cause youre measureing center to center and its outside to center so that makes the fronts 5 on 5 and if youre rear is the same as the front then you have the right rims for your truck

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thanks guys!! i guess im just used to measuring 6 lug. this really helped me out.

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your truck had 5 bolt drums on the front?!

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It looks like they have been redrilled...:crazy:

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can you not get some sort of adaptor plates?

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nope, they have not been redrilled.

so i figured out what im going to do. fronts are 5 on 5 and rears are 5 on 4 3/4, the rims i ordered were just getting drilled today, so i'll keep the rears at what they are. i'm going to convert them to disc soon anyway and that kit should bolt right up

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thanks for all the quick replies...i probly won't make my show this weekend. oh well, there's always more

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Are you sure they haven't been redrilled, they look like they were welded shut and then redrilled to me too. Did they make 5 lug drums?

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no welds on these...