My 14 Bolt Build

[coyote72]

I wanted to put a 14 bolt in my blazer for durability and because we got a travel trailer. I didn't want to give up my wheels (6 lug) but I wanted the full floating axle. So I opened up the wheels center hole and got to work on the hubs. I used front rotors and calpiers from a '77 3/4 ton, and fab'd up some brackets. On the hub itself I drilled out the existing 8-lug pattern and tapped it for a 5/8-18 bolt to bolt the rotors to and also to plug two of the holes for the 6-lug overlap. Then came machining the bolt pattern, I used stock 12 bolt rear axle studs and counter bored the hub to accept them. Then turned the outside of the hub down to fit inside the wheel. I did end up having to turn down the heads of the socket head cap screws to get the wheel on. Every thing fit together great! Even my modified Gov-Lock has held up so far.