17" dually wheel swap

[Skeet J]

I have a 1998 C&C dually rear end that I have converted to disc brakes. I was told that the calipers would hit on the 16" wheels and that a 17" dually wheel from '08 -'10 would need to be used to give clearance of the caliper. I checked bolt pattern and those seem to match up. I could not find any factual information on the hub centers of the 17" wheels. My current hub and 16" wheel is 4.56 hub center. I got a hold of a tire company rep and he said the 17" wheels have a 4.60 hub center diameter. Since these dually wheels are hubcentric, I'm .040" larger in diameter with the 17" wheels than the 16" wheels and this concerns me. I would like to stay with a stock wheel if possible, but right now I'm up for any resolution. Has anyone swapped out their '73 - '98 16" dually wheels for 17" wheels? Any advise or suggestions to getting to a 17" wheel all the way around the truck???

Thanks in advance for any help.

[old crewcab]

I am curious about this set-up as well.

[SCOTI]

You'll need hub-centric rings to adapt the later model 17"s to the earlier model hubs. They take up the slack so the hub remains the pilot for the wheels vs the studs.

[Skeet J]

Can you tell us more about these centering rings? What they look like, where do you get them?

[Skeet J]

I was told the hub centers of the 17" wheels would need to be machined out at least 3/8 of an inch in order to allow the centering ring to have enough meat on it to hold up. Does this sound correct or is there an easier way?

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Skeet J

I was told the hub centers of the 17" wheels would need to be machined out at least 3/8 of an inch in order to allow the centering ring to have enough meat on it to hold up. Does this sound correct or is there an easier way?

The ones I had made are not thick @ all. I was going to use 03-13 Dodge Ram 3500 wheels which also have a larger center bore. These were machined aluminum of the difference between the two dimensions. They had the dimensions on their website for the difference of the hubs. I would have to look through my receipts for the company. I can get some pics of them by then end of the weekend (they're @ my shop).