I have a trailer with what I think are axles out of a 50's era truck front end. These have 6 lug 15 inch wheels. Can anyone tell me what wheels would fit as replacements?
The center caps for these axles have screw on dust caps. Someone even cut the wheel hole wider with a torch to make it fit.
Would any 6 lug wheel fit? I can email pictures if that helps.
1969 Chevy P/U ould be where I'd start. Used to be some Datsun trucks that used the same pattern, too. I don't know of anything more recent
Looks like it may be a 6X5.5
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If they had to cut out the wheels to fit its probably a Ford hub, and those are probably GM or Dodge rims. 1/2 ton Ford wheels should fit. Visit any local junkyard and ask to see if you can try some old rims.
The old Datsun pu wheel used a larger center hole too, I think
Axles with screw on dust caps are old. My guess is 30's Chev car. I believe
50's and 60's Chev PU wheels fit. Steve
Will I have problems finding bearings for it?
The bearings probally have a manufacturer/part number on them.Check your local auto parts stores.
I own an old trailer.It has two axels and four wheels, five spoke iron/steel wheels.The wheels are inboard, not outboard like most trailers nowadays. cuhulin
What are they ball bearings or tapered roller bearings?
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Shouldn't matter much. Bearings are pretty much available for anything you want to name.
But Stryped wants YOU to find the bearings. Otherwise, he wouldn't be asking you if they were available, he'd be calling a bearing shop.
LLoyd
Naw, Lloyd, this is a new crappy trailer, not the one he was asking about a number of weeks ago.
Just measure the lug pattern.
Get a piece of cardboard, empty cereal box cardboard/whatever.Hold the cardboard behind a wheel and draw the lug nut holes and the center hole with a pencil.That's what I always do.
Nothing beats a torn off piece of brown paper sack for writing down notes with a lead pencil. cuhulin
FWIW, I once had some deep-dish aluminum mags stolen off a Ford E-100 van; they're 5-hole, and when I went to buy replacements, nobody at the wheel store could find a match, so they sold me "universal" wheels, which had slots and used special shouldered lug nuts with mongo washers.
These were, as I say, 5-hole, but looking for a slotted 6-hole 15" rim is an idea that shouldn't waste too much time.
Good Luck! Rich
The wheels on my 1983 Dodge RV van have slotted lug nut holes.The lug nuts are acorn head style lug nuts. cuhulin
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