Hi everyone, I’m looking for a way of possibly using some 6x5.5 wheels I already have and using a mix of parts to get them on some early ford spindles for a traditional hotrod. Cutting out the centre of the wheel and changing the stud pattern is not an option here in NZ legally. Ive been looking into using GM rotors with a speedway motors bearing adapter made for these spindles, and then figuring out bearings etc but just wondering if anyone here has done this before?
Speedway kit 91031909 uses 5 lug 1/2 ton Ford rotors. If you can find tbe 6 lug equivalent rotor, that might work Expensive alternate is the Wilwood kit and custom order with the hub drilled for 6 lugs. BUT is the bolted rotor/hub legal for you? Is re-drilling a rotor an option?
The why is irrelevant. I'm trying to make use of what I have and put something together that works (isn't that what hotrodding is all about?!) Traditional Ford front end setup on a '28 Studebaker Commander
Trust me if I could go back and order the wheels in 5 stud I would, I had them custom made by mobsteel for another project that I ended up ditching and I want to use them on this now
We’re converting 5x5.5 to 6x5.5 on 9 inch ford axles. Welding, facing on a lathe and re-drilling Can you do that to a front hub and use a hat style rotor?
For anyone interested the solution was as follows: 1965 C10 rotors from a disc conversion kit (others would work too), the early ford to GM bearing adapter from speedway, inner bearing Timken lm48548/lm48510 and outer bearing Timken lm11949/lm11910. Now I’ll make a caliper bracket to suit.
Scott, thanks for the update with parts info. Someone that has some Chevy 6 lug artillery wheels, or other 6 lug wheels, might want to do something like that.
I had a Mullins trailer with 6 lug wheels. I think that was stock. Someone said 40 hubs would fit with no problems. They did and I used some 56 F100 wheels. Old Chevy hubs may be an .option.
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