Re: 65 Wheel/Tire Size post Axle Swap Guidance
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Originally Posted by 350TacoZilla
Not understanding why you need "bigger wheels" to fit over the drum. If I'm remembering correctly square body suburbans would have came with a 15" wheel with either 4" backspacing for the 5 lug or 3&5\8" for the 6 lug. I have both available to measure if you want but the 4x4's are still bolted to a truck so they might take me a bit longer lol.
On the truck in video its no wonder you cant tell what wheels they are since the camera never sits still or get a full side shot but they look like they might be the knockoff's of crager soft 8's with a factory 4x4 rear center cap all around or maybe the late 80's early 90's aluminum wheels from a chevy 4x4 blazer\suburban that have been painted black .
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The Squarebody Burb rear end housings w/HD brake option drums won't allow bolting wheels on w/a deeper than factory back-spacing because the inner barrel of the wheel won't clear the outer edge of the drum. Stock width 15" wheels work just fine. If you want a wider wheel w/increased back-spacing so it fits under the sheet-metal, you have to increase the wheel diameter or swap the rear brakes over to a standard C10 rear drum set-up.
The truck in the video looks like its using standard wheel sizing so prob 15x8 w/4"BS.
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