dually rear width vs srw

[panheadjay]

what is the width differance between dually rear vs single wheel one tons?

[Jake]

DRW has a wider axle.

[panheadjay]

how much wider? thinkin of making my dually srw. i can deal with an inch or two.

[Jake]

On a SRW, the front wheels stick out further than the rear. If you put SRW wheels on a DRW axle, the rears will stick out further than the fronts. Its not much though. Scuffy has a DRW axle under his SRW truck.

[dieselcrawler]

Not to hijack, but I have also thought of this... I have often wondered if I could remove the adaptors on the front, and both rear wheels, and just slap on some regular single wheels... just never had the chance to try. With the flat bed I have on my truck at the moment, it's a little too narrow for the dual rear wheels, and single wheels would look good... keep the duals for when I get the utilty bed painted and on the truck. Also opens up the option of larger tires without spacers in the rear... like 35's!!!

[panheadjay]

looks to me like the front hub adaptor could be removed and bolt on regular wheel. i've seen several dually's with wider wheels on the front as u would use on a srw.

[Ten_Bucks]

DRW rear axle is 72" from wheel flange to wheel flange. SRW axle is 67.5" from wheel flange to wheel flange IIRC.

Scott

[panheadjay]

thanks. 2,1/4" per side would't be that bad i guess?

[Ten_Bucks]

Originally Posted by panheadjay

thanks. 2,1/4" per side would't be that bad i guess?

Its not bad at all. You can barely notice it. Over on CompD, there are quite a few people that have put a D80 from a DRW F350 into a SRW F350. Just remember when doing the swap to use a D80 from a '99-'04 F350 DRW instead of a '05-up. The '99-'04 rearend still has the 8x170mm bolt pattern on the hubs whereas the '05-up rearend has a different pattern. 8x200mm IIRC.

Scott

[Jake]

Bolt patterns are the same.