A little help needed on H2 wheels....

[wonderbread]

I picked up some H2 wheels for my ramcharger project, D61/71 axels. Can anyone help me out on what I need to do to make them properly fit? Thanks

[PToombs]

Take and get the centers opened up on a milling machine, or get a router with a straight bit with the bearing on the end. If you go around them slow with it you can open them up so they fit over the hubs.
3rd gen centers will fit if you cut 3/4 " off the edge, and use the lug nuts with the large cone from the 2nd or 3rd gen trucks.

[RumbleFish]

iirc somebody on tdr used a holesaw to open them up a bit.

[PToombs]

I bet that was scary. I wonder how they held it centered?

[wonderbread]

Thanks PT- That was the trick...17.00 $ flush bit with a bearing, a half hour & they are ready to go. What do you know about the lug nuts I need to use? Thanks again

[PToombs]

Reread post #2, 2nd or 3rd gen lug nuts with the large shoulder. I know they work because that's what my '97 has. I'm not sure if the regular 1st gen nuts will work, I never tried. I know you need the big nuts to hold the centers on for sure.

Good job on the rims. I wish somebody did that on mine. They used a grinder and did a sihtty job, they didn't even fit over the hub good. I just opened them up more so they fit better, it's beyond fixing now. Unless I find a milling machine and hope they can center on the rim someplace to get it concentric. It's F'n ugly!

[slow_90firebird]

I tried on a set of H2 wheels (milled for an 03 ram) on mine and the stock lugs wont work. They dig into the aluminum.

The lugs I planned on buying were jeep lugs... I looked online and they should be the same thread. And I know the taper bulge seat fits the H2 wheels. I took the wheel off an H2 at work just to see if the jeep lug would fit the taper.

I just never got a chance to actually try the jeep lug on my truck, but it should work OK because IIRC the H2 wheels are thicker and not as much stud hangs out as it did on the stock steelies.

[firstgenjunkie]

slow_90 firebird,

IIRC our rims are lug-centric whereas the H2 ones are hub-centric. I think the regular truck studs were 1/2" and duallys were 5/8". If you're going with the jeep studs I'd make sure they're at least 5/8", get all conical nuts & work a star pattern and you should be good. Or you could just go for 9/16" studs and given in to overkill.

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[slow_90firebird]

On a SRW truck the wheels are hub centric but use the taper seat lugs also. This is true for the steel wheels, the h2 wheels, and the jeeps also. The GM studs are different but our oem studs will fit fine and the jeep lugs are bulge seat tapered.

Now remember no wheel will be hubcentric when you cut it by hand with a router to fit

[firstgenjunkie]

Good to know they also use the taper seat lugs. That's what I figured but hadn't examined an SRW closely. As far as using a router and not having a hub centric cut, very true; however, I bet someone could work up a jig which would give "good enough" results.

[slow_90firebird]

I just wanted to say that I was wrong about something. I recently had my wheels off and realized that the fronts are not hub centric at all. I had to tighten the lugs incrementally to center the front wheels using the taper seat.

The rear wheels however did ride snug on the hub...