Changing bolt pattern

[calvinstoy]

Has anyone changed a f100 2wd to a car bolt pattern? I was thinking (sometimes it gets me in trouble) that you could use the 80-82 ford truck which was the smaller pattern. For the rears I can use the drums from the 80 and drill the axles, use new lugs, for the new pattern in between the old bolt pattern. The fronts are the challange. The wheel choices are much better for the smaller pattern.

[tazzman68]

I could be wrong, but I think that these days you can get just about any wheel in any pattern you want. You may have to special order your specific lug pattern.

[FORDification]

A Galaxie (up to '72, if I recall correctly) front disc rotor will easily fit the '73-79 Ford truck disc brake spindle, since they use the same inner and out bearings. Basically it's the same rotor with just a smaller 5" bolt pattern. The truck calipers and pads will also fit and work perfectly.

[calvinstoy]

I was looking at wheels like CA cowboys, which can not be ordered in the 5x5.5 bolt patten, according to the rep. at American Racing. Thanks, Keith, thats what I thought. I know that many Ford car parts can be used on trucks, the trick is figuring out which ones.

[calvinstoy]

Keith, do you know of a rotor that has a 5x4.5" bolt pattern that will work on the spindle?

[FORDification]

No I don't...I only know of the Galaxie rotor by hearing about it through the grapevine. They specifically mentioned the '72 Galaxie rotor was a direct fit and would give a 5-on-5 bolt pattern.

However, I'm sitting here looking at the info I've found online and saved from various websites, and what I have shows the full-size Ford cars as having a 4.5" bolt pattern up through '72 and changing in '73 to a 5" pattern. So now I'm a little confused here. I know I was told a '72 rotor would give a 5" bolt pattern....so somebody's mistaken, either the guy I got the info from or the website with the bolt pattern listings.

[calvinstoy]

On ECI's Ford disc brake conversion page they list a 86-92 ford Aerostar van as having the correct pattern, and using a camaro caliper with thier bracket, I will call them on Mon. and see if it will work on our trucks. Here is a link to the page I am talking about: http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/early_fo ... sions.html

[calvinstoy]

I want to upgrade the brakes, and if I am going to do it I want to change all of the stuff at one time rather than have to keep changing one piece at a time. Plus I don't trust wheel adapters, they put alot of pressure on the lugs and bearings when you run a large wheel (18-20")

[NATHANHASNORIDE]

I want to upgrade the brakes, and if I am going to do it I want to change all of the stuff at one time rather than have to keep changing one piece at a time. Plus I don't trust wheel adapters, they put alot of pressure on the lugs and bearings when you run a large wheel (18-20")

Oh ok well if ur gonna change brakes and stuff anyways then yea wheel adapters don't make sense,i never know that thing bout puttin pressure on the lugs guess there right you do learn something new everyday.

[NATHANHASNORIDE]

Is 5x5.5 and 5x135mm the same? i love the ford lightning wheels like these.I thnk they would look cool on a 67-72 f-series but not sure if they will fit.Will first gen. svt lightning wheels fit on 76-72 trucks?
Thanks!

[calvinstoy]

Here is a picture of the wheels I am trying to use, The fronts are 18"x8" and the rears are 18x10, with 6.5" backspacing. The pic is the wheel that is damaged, but I have fixed worse so I am not concerned (what do you want for $300 for the set)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v678/ ... edited.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v678/ ... 010123.jpg

[tazzman68]

what kind of wheel is that, I don't recognise the logo, but it is definately a good looking wheel. I don't know why, but it sorta reminds me of the old "salt flat whhels"

[DuckRyder]

Is 5x5.5 and 5x135mm the same? !

135 Millimeters equals 5.31496 Inches

That generation is the first to use the metric wheels IIRC, anything before that body style works AFAIK.

I've wondered the same thing, I think a set of Magnium 500's would look really nice.

Redrilling the rear should be no problem, but the front...

[calvinstoy]

It's an Enkie zues wheel they came off a late model Mustang, I thought they were metric, but I took one over to my dads 70 Mustang and tried it, it's a 5x4.5 bolt pattern.

[calvinstoy]

Keith, I found this site whick shows the galaxie bolt pattern as a 5x4.5 up to 1972 and 5x5.5 fro 1973 up.
http://www.roddingroundtable.com/tech/a ... ltpat.html