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my 3/4 ton is 8 lug. What year was 6?

 

early 80's to now. toyota,chev, nissan (datsun) suzuki were all 6 bolt pattern. Ford, chrysler 5 bolt pattern. i owned a suziki with a 6 bolt pattern, almost ripped the rims off. my 89 dak with 5 bolt has not let me down. that's probalby why!

 

I keep forgetting I'm a lot older than a lot of folks on the board(maybe I'm just in denial)In the good ol days...He..He...He.. like the 60's and 70's the standard out of Detroit was a half ton truck had 5 lugs,a 3/4 ton had 6 lugs and a 1 ton 8 lugs. Of course in the 80's all that way of thinking went out the door.The manufacturers started going cheap and started taking their lower strength rears and changing the bolt patterns around and stick them on bigger springs and call them 3/4 tons(my 97 2500 van 3/4 ton has 5 lugs and a 5 inch pattern just like the 1/2 ton trucks) All of the weight rating designations became more of an advertising point rather than an actual difference...just like in everything else.All of the food now is advertised as lo-cal,low fat,no cholesterol,etc.etc. but its all the same stuff that was made in the 60's just with updated descriptions to make it more appealing to the consumer. Now trucks are not as heavy as they were then but as long as they stick 2500-or 3500 on the side everyone will think they are much heavier and buy them anyway.I remember in the early 90's my Dad bought a 3/4 ton chevy van to haul his boat to the lake and upon getting it home and reading the owners manual it said that they didnt recommend that you tow anything with the 700R4 trans that was in it....It said right on the window sticker HD towing package and it came with a reciever hitch but they didnt want you to tow anything with it.

 

I don't get it?

 

does anyone know how to convert from a six lug to a 5 lug. or a place that has kool wheels for the six lug

 

the the spindels/axels from an earler 5 lug dakota.

 

how long you think it would take to switch the axels?

 

I just put the rear of mine on jack stands and did a brake insp and identified that it is a 8.8 rear end with a posi so.....I'm pretty sure mine is designed got the full size dodges too, probably a 3/4 ton, since mine is a 93 and has the frame that looks like a short bed D150 cut down with a midsize body bolted to it
oh btw there's 6 logs on it

 

So it's got a Ford rear end under it?

News flash - that's a 8.25" or a 9.25". And for a Gen1, it should be a 8.25", not a 8.8".

Second, it's not a Posi. That's a GM trademark. It may be a SureGrip or a (and here it gets funny) TracLoc (TracLoc is the name applied by the patent owner; they license the patents to Ford also, so that's why they also use TracLoc. Confusing, but the different sizes keep them from being TOO confusing.)

Third, check the GWVR on the door tag; and no, it's a 1/2 ton at best, but it may be a BEEFY 1/2 ton (my 1988 is).

Fourth - Why does it have six lugs? Because they couldn't fit 7 or 8, I guess.

Seriously, I dunno; they changed from a 5x4.5 pattern for 1987-1990 to a 6x4.5 pattern for 1991 up.

As to why it looks like a full size Dodge - well it WAS designed by the same people. But you looking like your Dad doesn't make you an identical twin of Dear Old Dad *grins*

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