converting dent axle to 5x4.5...
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70shortwide
converting dent axle to 5x4.5...
I need to convert my dent f100 axle to the car 5x4.5 lug pattern... anybody know if theres a car axle that will slide into this housing? I can have these ones redrilled, but if I can run to U Pull It and snag a couple axles I would likely just do that.
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ultraranger
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Re: converting dent axle to 5x4.5...
If you can locate an '80-'83 F100 in the wrecking yard, it will have a wider 9-inch rear end (which will be very close to matching the width of the CV front suspension), and the axles will have the correct 5-on-4.5" lug pattern.70shortwide wrote:I need to convert my dent f100 axle to the car 5x4.5 lug pattern... anybody know if theres a car axle that will slide into this housing? I can have these ones redrilled, but if I can run to U Pull It and snag a couple axles I would likely just do that.
If you locate a possible donor truck, just be sure to measure the lug spacing before paying your money for it.
Steve
1969 SWB F100 Ranger. 240-6, C-4, 9" N-case 31-spline Traction-Lok w/3.50 gears.
1968 Mustang. My high school car. Owned since 1982.
2003 Azure Blue Mustang Mach1.
1969 SWB F100 Ranger. 240-6, C-4, 9" N-case 31-spline Traction-Lok w/3.50 gears.
1968 Mustang. My high school car. Owned since 1982.
2003 Azure Blue Mustang Mach1.
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tybob81
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Re: converting dent axle to 5x4.5...
Driver side axles off a 77 Thunderbird is what I have always used.
1968 swb hydroboost, ididit tilt column, Saginaw p/s pump with F series serpentine, all led lights, Vintage Air and painless wiring. 393w, tko600. CV front suspension w/c5 calipers and gt500 rotors. Stock Flexomatic leaf springs with 01 CV 8.8, 3.90 gears and Auburn locker. Custom wood bed floor. Full frame off resto-mod.