Freewheeler rear wheel change
#11
05-20-2018, 09:20 PM
Road Captain
#12
05-21-2018, 10:14 AM
#13
05-21-2018, 11:12 AM
Road Captain
#14
05-21-2018, 02:43 PM
Trying to find a wheel with same offset as stock but wider, which will be more of the deep dish look. Found 1 company that makes a 4 lug trike wheel but widest is 7" (which is narrower than I wanted) but also get $2400 for a pair!!!! Was going to get an adapter to go from 4 lug to 5 lug which is about 1.75" thick and is $140. Cragar wheels are under $200 each. Hoping the added adapter won't negatively effect things. Thank you for your input Lon.
#15
05-21-2018, 03:05 PM
Outstanding HDF Member
Any offset, positive or negative will apply pressure somewhere in the system, in most cases, a small amount in either direction will not cause damage, excessive offset is a killer of parts. Wider wheels and tires can have an effect as well, wider = leverage even in a perfectly centered wheel. Wider will also affect fuel mileage.
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DWG2015 (05-22-2018)
#16
05-21-2018, 04:52 PM
Choose the wheels you want and send them to these guys, http://weldcraftwheels.com/
are the flanges beefy enough to be welded up and re-drilled and new studs pressed in? We've been doing 5 lug conversions this way in late model Chevrolet trucks like this for years. Allows you to run a 5-4.75 pattern on a 6 lug truck. Just weld holes up, machine them flat, and drill the new pattern. We do it with brake rotors to match. Dozens and dozens of trucks and no failures even running 140-150mph and launching and slowing down a 4000lb+ vehicle. Just another option.
are the flanges beefy enough to be welded up and re-drilled and new studs pressed in? We've been doing 5 lug conversions this way in late model Chevrolet trucks like this for years. Allows you to run a 5-4.75 pattern on a 6 lug truck. Just weld holes up, machine them flat, and drill the new pattern. We do it with brake rotors to match. Dozens and dozens of trucks and no failures even running 140-150mph and launching and slowing down a 4000lb+ vehicle. Just another option.
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DWG2015 (05-22-2018)
#17
05-21-2018, 06:56 PM
Road Warrior
Trying to find a wheel with same offset as stock but wider, which will be more of the deep dish look. Found 1 company that makes a 4 lug trike wheel but widest is 7" (which is narrower than I wanted) but also get $2400 for a pair!!!! Was going to get an adapter to go from 4 lug to 5 lug which is about 1.75" thick and is $140. Cragar wheels are under $200 each. Hoping the added adapter won't negatively effect things. Thank you for your input Lon.
If it were my Freewheeler, I would keep the fenders and go with a pair of custom 7" wheels and 215 tires. It would look really good and help set your ride off.
FW's are naturals for a good hotrod look.
Last edited by Clint44; 05-21-2018 at 07:01 PM.
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DWG2015 (05-22-2018)
#18
06-14-2018, 03:26 PM
The wider the tire, the more likely it will be to hydroplane.
You may want to beef up your axle bearing retainer plates also...see thread on them below-
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...er-plates.html
You may want to beef up your axle bearing retainer plates also...see thread on them below-
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...er-plates.html
#19
06-14-2018, 04:29 PM
Intermediate
#20
06-14-2018, 07:09 PM
Back in '82 I needed adapters to install Cragar SS wheels on my '74 Duster. All the adapters broke into pieces...lucky the wheels never came off. I know it's a different vehicle and different time but that left a bad taste in my mouth. My adapters were aluminum...they looked cheap