1 ton vs. 3/4 ton - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

bad_turbo · 12-24-2006, 06:12 PM

trying to swap tires and wheels off of a '69 1 ton to a '71 3/4 ton and found out the wheel studs on the 1 ton are 1/2" and the wheel studs on the 3/4 ton are 3/4". That was a bummer. So I figured just make a quick trip to Pep Boys for lugnuts, right? Wrong! Tried to just fit the 16 inch wheels off the 1 ton on the front of the 3/4 ton and they won't even fit around the brake caliper. So lugnuts wouldn't of helped. Why would the 3/4 ton have everything so much bigger than a 1 ton?

qksilver · 12-24-2006, 07:01 PM

you have drum brake wheels (69) most of them if not all will not fit on disc brake suspension. Need to find 71 and later 8 lug wheels and look at the inner side of the wheel and see if it slopes gently from the lip (drum) to the center of the wheel or goes horizontal for a bit then slopes toward the center Disc) an over simplification but it will be obvious

Longhorn Man · 12-24-2006, 07:24 PM

in 71, the studs got bigger, and also the wheels chainged to clear the calipers. The wheel chainged shape on the 1/2 tons too, the 6 lug drum brake wheels won't fit on 6 lug disks.

bad_turbo · 12-24-2006, 08:09 PM

thanks guys. Thought I was going crazy.

masterbeavis · 12-24-2006, 08:14 PM

they will be 9/16" studs, not 3/4"

bad_turbo · 12-24-2006, 08:19 PM

new somebody would set me straight. Did you acquire more toys?

12-24-2006, 06:12 PM	#1
bad_turbo turbo enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: carmichael, ca. Posts: 1,826	1 ton vs. 3/4 ton trying to swap tires and wheels off of a '69 1 ton to a '71 3/4 ton and found out the wheel studs on the 1 ton are 1/2" and the wheel studs on the 3/4 ton are 3/4". That was a bummer. So I figured just make a quick trip to Pep Boys for lugnuts, right? Wrong! Tried to just fit the 16 inch wheels off the 1 ton on the front of the 3/4 ton and they won't even fit around the brake caliper. So lugnuts wouldn't of helped. Why would the 3/4 ton have everything so much bigger than a 1 ton? __________________ "But daddy, I didn't hit them all with a stick"...what my 6 year old tells me when I pick him up from school early for fighting "

12-24-2006, 07:01 PM	#2
qksilver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Pines NC Posts: 3,853	Re: 1 ton vs. 3/4 ton you have drum brake wheels (69) most of them if not all will not fit on disc brake suspension. Need to find 71 and later 8 lug wheels and look at the inner side of the wheel and see if it slopes gently from the lip (drum) to the center of the wheel or goes horizontal for a bit then slopes toward the center Disc) an over simplification but it will be obvious

12-24-2006, 07:24 PM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: 1 ton vs. 3/4 ton in 71, the studs got bigger, and also the wheels chainged to clear the calipers. The wheel chainged shape on the 1/2 tons too, the 6 lug drum brake wheels won't fit on 6 lug disks.

12-24-2006, 08:09 PM	#4
bad_turbo turbo enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: carmichael, ca. Posts: 1,826	Re: 1 ton vs. 3/4 ton thanks guys. Thought I was going crazy. __________________ "But daddy, I didn't hit them all with a stick"...what my 6 year old tells me when I pick him up from school early for fighting "

12-24-2006, 08:14 PM	#5
masterbeavis Having issues Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eldorado Ca, an hour east of sacramento Posts: 696	Re: 1 ton vs. 3/4 ton they will be 9/16" studs, not 3/4"

12-24-2006, 08:19 PM	#6
bad_turbo turbo enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: carmichael, ca. Posts: 1,826	Re: 1 ton vs. 3/4 ton new somebody would set me straight. Did you acquire more toys? __________________ "But daddy, I didn't hit them all with a stick"...what my 6 year old tells me when I pick him up from school early for fighting "



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