Need 1 cheap Chevy 5 on 5 alloy wheel

[mws]

Sorry about posting CHEVY stuff, but hoping you all can forgive me....

 

I am looking for one aluminum wheel with a 5 lug on 5" circle lug pattern. I will be just cutting out the center and throwing away the hoop, so an old bent or disgusting crusted up wheel would be fine! Go drag that nasty turd out from under the junk pile and help a guy out!

 

What the heck for? Frankenvan has a 1 ton rear axle with 8 on 6.5" lug pattern. The front is 3/4 ton with 5 on 5 pattern. That means I would have to carry two spares... I looked into swapping the front suspension to a one ton, but that results in several other problems - wheel and tire selection being the biggest problem.

 

So I designed an adapter that will allow me to fit the 8 on 6.5" wheel on the front hub. This will allow me to use the single big spare on the front in case of emergency.

 

Buying the aluminum to make the adapter would be well over $100. Then it dawned on me that an old wheel would work - and it already has 5 of the holes in it!

 

Ideally, the wheel will have a very thick center (1.5" would be optimal) with the mounting surface on the back side being about 8" in diameter before holes and stuff appear. A modular style wheel would probably be ideal.

 

If you can help, I will gladly pay shipping and beer (or JD) money!

[Guest Thunderbox]

Let me try to follow you on what your after.Your Rear is a one ton 8 lug and your Front is chevy truck 5 lug.Is that right so for?Why not just put a chevy truck 5 lug rear end under it to match the front?I will take a look at the old rims I have.You want aluminum right?

[Slick]

sooooo.. dear... what's happenin..... i know you got eyrself quite a collection of rims out there......... sssh

[mws]

Let me try to follow you on what your after.Your Rear is a one ton 8 lug and your Front is chevy truck 5 lug.Is that right so for?Why not just put a chevy truck 5 lug rear end under it to match the front?I will take a look at the old rims I have.You want aluminum right?

Yup.... I I am using a 10.5" 14 bolt FF (with Eaton locker) rear axle for the rear. No more worries about diff failure from hammering 450 lb-ft through it for extended periods pulling the trailer up over the Sierra's! The old rear end was running at about 350 degrees after about 15 minutes of hard pull. That wasn't going to last long...

 

The G vans were limited for rear end options - 8.5" 10 bolt was used in the 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton, and then the big 14 bolt in the G30. And that was it. And P/U axles are too narrow. And the FF only came with the large bolt pattern so the outer bearing carrier can fit through the wheel hub.

 

Yup - aluminum. The thicker the better, with as much meat as possible between the lug circle and any decorative styling holes in the wheel as the new studs will be inserted about 3/4" further out from the existing lug holes.

 

What I'll be doing is cutting the rim section off, and then turning a 9" diameter disk out of what's left. Then drilling holes and inserting studs - 8 studs on a 6.5" diameter circle.

 

I have a pair of nearly new 15x8 Ultra wheels that would work, but I would hate to cut up a good wheel....

[Guest Thunderbox]

After looking. I dont have any thick aluminum 5 lug rims..

[mws]

Thanks for looking!

 

I'll just hack up one of my good wheels. It was just gathering dust...

 

Anybody want the leftover? 15x8, 5 on 5 lug, standard Chevy backspacing.

It's the polished aluminum style with 8 big holes in it.

[Precise1]

Sheesh, go to a junk year and get what you need and sell the two for more... Either that or go out with a tire star, floor jack and cinder block and boost one !!

 

B

[mws]

it's shocking.... Chico has over 80K people and one auto graveyard. And it is a terrible one.

So I have to drive an hour or two to even look... And I have become a little fanatical about not driving unless really necessary as my way of flipping off the gas companies. I'll hold off cutting up the good wheel as long as possible... I may have to make another drive up to Portland in a month or two so I'll hit some JY's on the way.