Swap single rear wheels to duals?????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 08-18-2004, 11:21 PM

How hard is it to convert a single rear wheel 3/4 ton to a dually? I'm just curious 'cause I've got a set of 6 dually wheels and was wondering if it was worth trying. The tires have around 60% of tread left so they'd be good for a while. One thing I know I'd have to do is get outer fenders for the bed(long fleet). I was wondering, would fenders off of a 9ft stepside work? Theres a 3/4 or 1 ton stepside at the junkyard here with some really nice, undented fenders on it.

Thanks

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 08-19-2004, 10:36 PM

What, no one on the board has a dually????

stickshift_or_walk · 08-19-2004, 11:15 PM

I don't, but I wanna build one, too - so I'm watchin'...SSOW

Chevyguy111786 · 08-19-2004, 11:20 PM

i'm in the process of building one. i've heard that the back wheels will just bolt on. and the front ones you'd have to get dually hubs. at the hardest you'd have to replace front and rear hubs with dually hubs and bolt on your wheels.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 08-20-2004, 03:02 PM

OK, cool! I wanted to know before I went ahead and did anything. I like the look of regular 8 lug steel rims, but someone asked me if I was gonna convert it to a dually and I liked the idea so I wanted to see how it looked.

Thanks

08-18-2004, 11:21 PM	#1
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Swap single rear wheels to duals?????? How hard is it to convert a single rear wheel 3/4 ton to a dually? I'm just curious 'cause I've got a set of 6 dually wheels and was wondering if it was worth trying. The tires have around 60% of tread left so they'd be good for a while. One thing I know I'd have to do is get outer fenders for the bed(long fleet). I was wondering, would fenders off of a 9ft stepside work? Theres a 3/4 or 1 ton stepside at the junkyard here with some really nice, undented fenders on it. Thanks __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

08-19-2004, 10:36 PM	#2
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	What, no one on the board has a dually???? __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

08-19-2004, 11:15 PM	#3
stickshift_or_walk Left Foot Functioning Join Date: May 2004 Location: Duncan, OK Posts: 350	Not Yet... I don't, but I wanna build one, too - so I'm watchin'...SSOW __________________ 69 C10 (#1 son's ride) 72 C20 (Dad's farm truck) 82 K30 (Ex - brush pumper project)

08-20-2004, 03:02 PM	#5
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	OK, cool! I wanted to know before I went ahead and did anything. I like the look of regular 8 lug steel rims, but someone asked me if I was gonna convert it to a dually and I liked the idea so I wanted to see how it looked. Thanks __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

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08-19-2004, 11:20 PM	#4
Chevyguy111786 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 1,127	i'm in the process of building one. i've heard that the back wheels will just bolt on. and the front ones you'd have to get dually hubs. at the hardest you'd have to replace front and rear hubs with dually hubs and bolt on your wheels.



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