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Re: Problems replacing 1976 Dodge "16.5 rims to common size
Matt_Colie wrote: Kyle, I had a similar problem with out 73 coach. Yes, 8.75-16.5 Transforce HTs are available, just be sure that they sell you New Ones. I was offered 3yo tires at new price before I changed the coach to 16". If you are not going strange places, either work with a local dealer (agricultural areas are best) or change out the wheels. Did you try ***Link Removed***Southwest Wheel? It has been years, but Dodge changed wheel sizes like GM did - a little at a time. So, work the wrecking yards and Craig's list. Matt Did you have any trouble with coined rims vs flat rims?1.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Problems replacing 1976 Dodge "16.5 rims to common size
j-d wrote: You will have a blowout on dual rear tires if the two facing sidewalls are too close together. The "dish" of the wheel determines that spacing. The wider the tire the more offset(spacing) you need to keep the sidewalls apart. The offset distance is built into the wheel. The offset requirement is determined by the tire. It used to be easy to find a graphic showing that. Not so much lately. I'll see what I can find. And that's why the mechanic is involved because I never would have thought about it. What exactly would I say when calling auto recycling yards?1.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Problems replacing 1976 Dodge "16.5 rims to common size
j-d wrote: toedtoes wrote: Hi Kyle, You can also check wrecking yards for the 16 inch coin style rims - they are out there. Agreed, but with this warning: Be sure you understand OFFSET (also known as Dually Spacing) and get wheels where that number is adequate for your 16" tires. Using Barry's Tire Tech as an example: From 8.75R16.5 To 225/75R16LT Required Rim Width 6.0" Required Offset 10.2" That 10.2" is if you find a pair of wheels you can set rim-face-to-rim-face. Find the center of the 6" rim widths and measure between both. You need at least 10.2" If you find one wheel to try, then 5.1" from C/L of the rim, to the ground it's sitting on, face down. Makes sense to go with a common size, especially since you're trying to get away from a not-so-common tire. The LT225/75R16E is very common on Class C's so it's a strong candidate. Some here like the 215/85 and Barry has it on his page also. I don't know what's popular on pickups and cube vans, but for me, popularity'd be the tie-breaker. Thanks for the response but I know nothing about tires. What does that mean in simple words?1.2KViews0likes0CommentsProblems replacing 1976 Dodge "16.5 rims to common size
Hi everyone I'm having a hard time trying to replace the tires on my 1976 Dodge RV. I took it to my mechanic who said I have 16.5 inch tires that are no longer in production. He decided that it'd be best to switch out the rims to either 16 or 17 inch rims since tires for those are readily available. And cue the current problem. He found after researching that the rims have alternating "nipples" as he called it. On most wheels the holes in the rim are flat but half the holes on my rims have that nipple or lip turned inwards and half turned outwards. Apparently he can't put on the flat holed rims because only half of the 8 bolts would be secure and eventually the wheel would come loose. He also found that the rims are now hard to find because obviously it was a flawed design. I still see lots of old dodge RVs on the road today so it must be done somehow. He mentioned something about them being dually rims. My question is does anyone know of a place that would have the dually rims or know of any adapters or something to make new rims work?4.4KViews0likes15Comments
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