Dually front wheel conversion

[jondancer]

I am not knowledgeable about duallys .
I want to put dually front wheels on a 1/2 ton for an upcoming project .
What is involved in swapping them ?
I have found a few parts vehicles and need to know what all front end parts to remove from the dually to install onto the 1/2 ton.

Thanks I’m advance guys . 👍🏼

[sweetk30]

3 options

all custom work

old school conversion kit from way back in the day

or dana 60 front from a 1ton with DRW hubs on it .

and if your talking 2 tires per side on the front the 10 bolt will NOT like that at all as the axle as a whole is not rated for anything close to that . and even the 60 front from a 1ton was not ment to be setup like that .

[mongocanfly]

I'm guessing you mean 2wd instead of 4wd?...with a single front wheel from a dually on a 1/2 t
Like K30 said ..sounds like a lot of custom work...what's the plan ?.
Are you just wanting 8lug rims for the front?...a 2wd dually has a really long extended hub...
Not sure if the a-arms would "bolt on" to a 1/2t chassis...I'm betting not..
The easiest way would be do it from the a-arms out...complete assmebly...
still would need fab work I'm betting..
I doubt the spindles would work on 1/2t a-arms...
And the dually rotors wont fit the 1/2t spindles
never seen anyone do it before
And if the dually a-arms are longer than the 1/2t that may create more issues to swap from a-arms out.
Some back story on what your wanting to accomplish would help...

[jondancer]

Yeah I’m just asking about the front wheels , thanks for the reply’s so far

[jondancer]

I actually just came across some adapters from southwest wheel out of Texas . Anyone heard of them ?

[mongocanfly]

Could you link the specific one your looking at...I didnt see what i think your wanting..
Am I thinking right that you have a 5 lug rotor and want to mount a 8lug dually front wheel on it?
So youd need a 5lug to 8lug adapter for a dual rim?

https://www.southwestwheel.com/c-103...-adapters.aspx

[farmall]

The ball joints are different so you would need control arms out. Probably all the tie rods and steering as well.
SWW has been around forever. The dually adapters are 8 lug to 8 lug.
If you are going with 22.5s the C30 brakes would be a big help.

[jondancer]

https://www.southwestwheel.com/p-1935-aa-4c.aspx

[mongocanfly]

Yeah..that's just a 8lug to 8lug spacer...
If you could somehow swap to 3/4t 8lug rotors with that spacer, it might work..
But I'm betting 3/4t rotors wont fit your spindles either...

[mongocanfly]

You would need something like this ... https://www.ebay.com/i/173184791952?...oaAiuUEALw_wcB
And the spacer....
Personally I would never recommend running all that...to much going on...
Way to many bad things can happen trying to use adapter/spacers..all that leverage tourqing on 5lugs isnt worth the liability

[jondancer]

Thank you mangocanfly

[sweetk30]

just a heads up all the 1ton stuff is a LOT bigger and stronger even the frames .

so explain what you are trying to do and with what current parts ? then maybe we can help dial you in a bit better on whats needed .

[jondancer]

It’s for appearance only , wants the look of a mini dually .