TTB 5 lug to 6 lug

PaulW · Post by **PaulW** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:35 am

FYI
http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/thread ... ug.117349/

93Broncobuff · Post by **93Broncobuff** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:11 am

What are the benefits of doing this?

PaulW · Post by **PaulW** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:02 am

??? Chevy calipers with more options???
??? Maybe better choice of wheels using Chevy wheels???
I sure don't know
Someone speak up

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:40 am

More lugs equals stronger. I was thinking about doing it to mine cause my buddies race truck is Toyota 6 lug

PaulW · Post by **PaulW** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:48 am

Lots of racers use 6 lugs and some use 5 lugs that are larger diameter.
Less makes tire changes faster.
I do see the centers of the wheels ripped out, but know if it has to do with how many lugs or just crappy wheels??

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:00 am

Crappy wheels.

I remember an old Soad truck that ran 8 lug hubs with lug nuts only on 4 studs. Their thought was more studs distributed the load better and then the 4 nuts kept tire change time down.

MOSS2 · Post by **MOSS2** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:05 pm

ChaseTruck754 wrote:Crappy wheels.

I remember an old Soad truck that ran 8 lug hubs with lug nuts only on 4 studs. Their thought was more studs distributed the load better and then the 4 nuts kept tire change time down.

Spirkoffs stock full truck did this. I think this guy just wants to keep from changing his Toyota wheels . Lots of decisions get made because you have that one part already then a few years later you wonder what have I done..

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:13 pm

MOSS2 wrote:Lots of decisions get made because you have that one part already then a few years later you wonder what have I done..

Seen it many times & done it myself a time or 2.

Funny seeing people trying to save $10 and use wheels they ave, but spend $100 in machine work or parts to do so.

Hopefully I'm old enough/wise enough now to avoid this in the future!

VintageIronFab · Post by **VintageIronFab** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:29 pm

To me the biggest benefit of this is the ability to use a wide array of chevy brake pads. If you are one of those guys who has or a friend has 25 old chevy 1/2 ton front ends and gives you full reign to the parts then this might be a nice thing.

Jbfab · Post by **Jbfab** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:44 pm

I cant see how you could use chevy pads. Its still a ford ttb with ford calipers. The number of lugs wouldnt change which pads you could use. Would just chance the disk's which i cant see how a chevy or ford replacemnet would be better then the other. Would honestly make finding parts harder. Imho go to 5/8 studs and call it a day. Least amount of work and you can still pull parts off the shelves.

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:48 am

I've done this using Jeep FSJ outer parts (spindle, hub, caliper mount and caliper and outer axle) on my old race FSJ. It worked just fine. I might even do it to my F100 later on, so I can use the Nissan GQ Patrol rear axle assembly I have hiding in the back of the garage (4:10 LSD disc brakes fabricated housing and 33 spline axles all stock).

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