16.5 8.00==> 225 75 16E - What Wheels?
Hello RV.NETler, I apologize if my question is in the wrong topic (I am new) or the answer was already posted somewhere (I didn't find it). Here's the situation: I purchased an '84 Class C Mot...
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Correct. Different Wheels. To the point that many 16" tires have a sidewall marking "Do Not Mount On 16.5 Rim."
What is the Make and Model Year of your actual Chassis? We had a "1984 RV" and it was titled that way but the Chassis was 1983 Ford E350. I'm pretty sure that 1984 Ford Chassis was the year they went from COINED wheels to the Hub-Piloted wheels they use to this day. On Coined Wheels, the Lug Nut Surface (that tightens to the Wheel) is Tapered (like part of a funnel or cone), the hole in the Wheel is Angled, and the Wheel is actually Centered by the Lug Nuts. Hub Piloted Wheels have holes straight through, no taper. And the Lug Nuts have a flat washer-like surface to tighten against the face of the wheel.
I gave up on swapping wheels and put new 8.75R16.5D tires on our 1984. But that was 14 years ago. That size tire is still available, but quite uncommon. Finding COINED 16" wheels was too difficult, even then. But if you Have Hub Piloted Wheels, it's easy at least for FORD. Just get the wheels from a later model, so long as they're DUAL wheels. You can possibly use the tires. Just be sure the Date Codes aren't more than a couple years old. Date Code is stamped into one sidewall at the end of a string of DOT information. Format is WWYY. Two Digits for Week of Year, Two for Year, so 2612 would be the 26th Week of the 2012 Year.
If it's Ford, and 1984 or newer, junkyards should have something you can use, from "Cube Vans" but if you're near a firm that converts vans to 4x4, they may have sets of brand new wheels with brand new tires on them...
Correct. Different Wheels. To the point that many 16" tires have a sidewall marking "Do Not Mount On 16.5 Rim."
What is the Make and Model Year of your actual Chassis? We had a "1984 RV" and it was titled that way but the Chassis was 1983 Ford E350. I'm pretty sure that 1984 Ford Chassis was the year they went from COINED wheels to the Hub-Piloted wheels they use to this day. On Coined Wheels, the Lug Nut Surface (that tightens to the Wheel) is Tapered (like part of a funnel or cone), the hole in the Wheel is Angled, and the Wheel is actually Centered by the Lug Nuts. Hub Piloted Wheels have holes straight through, no taper. And the Lug Nuts have a flat washer-like surface to tighten against the face of the wheel.
I gave up on swapping wheels and put new 8.75R16.5D tires on our 1984. But that was 14 years ago. That size tire is still available, but quite uncommon. Finding COINED 16" wheels was too difficult, even then. But if you Have Hub Piloted Wheels, it's easy at least for FORD. Just get the wheels from a later model, so long as they're DUAL wheels. You can possibly use the tires. Just be sure the Date Codes aren't more than a couple years old. Date Code is stamped into one sidewall at the end of a string of DOT information. Format is WWYY. Two Digits for Week of Year, Two for Year, so 2612 would be the 26th Week of the 2012 Year.
If it's Ford, and 1984 or newer, junkyards should have something you can use, from "Cube Vans" but if you're near a firm that converts vans to 4x4, they may have sets of brand new wheels with brand new tires on them...
