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BurnoutNova · 07-09-2008, 04:06 PM

did they ever make a truck with drums and 5 lug wheels? I was told some guy here in my town had one, but I thought anything w/ 5 lug was a disc brake setup?

Longhorn Man · 07-09-2008, 09:11 PM

the smart @ss answer is yes....
all the 1/2 ton trucks in 71/72 had 5 lug drums... in back.
But the real answer is no. There were no 5 lug 4 wheel drum trucks made from GM.... maybe back in the turn of the century times... but nothing that we talk about in here.

BurnoutNova · 07-10-2008, 09:32 AM

yea i guess i could of been more clear, i knew there were rear drums, hell even some of the new 08 chevy trucks at work have rear drums

68gmsee · 07-10-2008, 09:47 AM

Unless the previous owner/owners had the axles redrilled for 5 lugs drums all around, there weren't made that way.

Some years back you were limited on the after market wheels so some guys redrilled the axles to accept 5 lug wheels.

BurnoutNova · 07-10-2008, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68gmsee

Unless the previous owner/owners had the axles re drilled for 5 lugs drums all around, there weren't made that way.

Some years back you were limited on the after market wheels so some guys re drilled the axles to accept 5 lug wheels.

i can see re drilling the rear axles, but re drilling the front spindles? you'd have to drill new holes in your brake drums also, or do they make a 5 lug setup after market? i know they made a 6 lug disc setup after market.

Longhorn Man · 07-10-2008, 11:09 AM

never heard of nor seen aftermarket 5 lug drums.
I wonder if this guy used car components.

BurnoutNova · 07-10-2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

never heard of nor seen after market 5 lug drums.
I wonder if this guy used car components.

good question, its very possible i guess, but wouldn't he have to use different bolt pattern rims, aren't cars 5 lug pattern smaller?

o well, it doesn't matter anyway, i just though i was right and wanted to check

**michael bustamante** · 07-10-2008, 12:25 PM

older impalas have 5 lug drums as well as most other 50`s and early 60`s cars. I bet he used a front end off an old biscayne or something

Longhorn Man · 07-10-2008, 02:19 PM

and the bigger cars had the 5 on 5 bolt pattern. But the thing I wonder is if the car hub (even big pattern hubs) would go on a truck spindle.
Either way, it isn't original by any means

07-09-2008, 04:06 PM	#1
BurnoutNova Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,057	drum brake 5 lug? did they ever make a truck with drums and 5 lug wheels? I was told some guy here in my town had one, but I thought anything w/ 5 lug was a disc brake setup?

07-09-2008, 09:11 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: drum brake 5 lug? the smart @ss answer is yes.... all the 1/2 ton trucks in 71/72 had 5 lug drums... in back. But the real answer is no. There were no 5 lug 4 wheel drum trucks made from GM.... maybe back in the turn of the century times... but nothing that we talk about in here.

07-10-2008, 09:32 AM	#3
BurnoutNova Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,057	Re: drum brake 5 lug? yea i guess i could of been more clear, i knew there were rear drums, hell even some of the new 08 chevy trucks at work have rear drums

07-10-2008, 09:47 AM	#4
68gmsee Active Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Centrally located between Houston, Austin and Waco. BCS area. Posts: 7,947	Re: drum brake 5 lug? Unless the previous owner/owners had the axles redrilled for 5 lugs drums all around, there weren't made that way. Some years back you were limited on the after market wheels so some guys redrilled the axles to accept 5 lug wheels. Last edited by 68gmsee; 07-10-2008 at 09:49 AM. Reason: lost part of sentence

07-10-2008, 11:09 AM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: drum brake 5 lug? never heard of nor seen aftermarket 5 lug drums. I wonder if this guy used car components.

07-10-2008, 12:25 PM	#8
michael bustamante Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,832	Re: drum brake 5 lug? older impalas have 5 lug drums as well as most other 50`s and early 60`s cars. I bet he used a front end off an old biscayne or something __________________ 1967custom

07-10-2008, 02:19 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: drum brake 5 lug? and the bigger cars had the 5 on 5 bolt pattern. But the thing I wonder is if the car hub (even big pattern hubs) would go on a truck spindle. Either way, it isn't original by any means



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