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Old 12-02-2012, 04:25 PM
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Default 2007 Silverado 5lug conversion

Thanks to dirt_track_racer_81. What Moser didn't want to do, he had done in no time.

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Old 12-02-2012, 05:10 PM
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lol thats crazy, badass tho man I was looking into those wheels too but only come in 5 lug. Guess I have some new ideas to get those to work. What wheel specs did you go with? Def post pics of them on the truck.
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Hmmm now I know how its done, that looks badass with that weld wheel on it

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Good deal, it is not that hard to do, just have to have take the time to do it.
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Originally Posted by RS/SS 4.8
Hmmm now I know how its done, that looks badass with that weld wheel on it
It's just how I did it.. My first idea wasn't going to work as I planned.. So I just took one of my dirt track wheels and cut the center out and used that as a pattern..

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And I think its a badass way of doing the 5 lug conversion. Seems simple enough and nearly anyone with a welder and a bench drill can do it.
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Might want to clamp it down to a flat surface and set up a guage to check run out of the hub surface. The heat on a mig welder isn't concentrated enough and has a tendancy to warp the heck out of the metal, tig would have been a better choice even though it takes longer to fill the hole.
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Originally Posted by blown02408
Might want to clamp it down to a flat surface and set up a guage to check run out of the hub surface. The heat on a mig welder isn't concentrated enough and has a tendancy to warp the heck out of the metal, tig would have been a better choice even though it takes longer to fill the hole.
post some pix of u truck bro is reall fresh looks
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Originally Posted by blown02408
Might want to clamp it down to a flat surface and set up a guage to check run out of the hub surface. The heat on a mig welder isn't concentrated enough and has a tendancy to warp the heck out of the metal, tig would have been a better choice even though it takes longer to fill the hole.
Duly noted
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Originally Posted by blown02408
Might want to clamp it down to a flat surface and set up a guage to check run out of the hub surface. The heat on a mig welder isn't concentrated enough and has a tendancy to warp the heck out of the metal, tig would have been a better choice even though it takes longer to fill the hole.
Yea, Moser reground the hub face on my rear axles to make sure they were straight. No welding on the front hubs, just a solid plug knocked in to fill a hole, then redrilled through that.


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