Back half guys..what is the back spacing on your wheels?
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Back half guys..what is the back spacing on your wheels?
I am back halfing my 70 Skylark using a S&W A body kit and have the rear gear,tire size figured out. Now my dilemma is that S&W says to use wheels with 4 inch backspacing. I had a set of Buick Ralleys widened to 15x14 but they are 7 7/8 backspacing. Will I be in trouble here?? S&W have not returned my email stating if I can use these wheels. Just trying to get all the correct parts for a clean easy build. Opinions??
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Re: Back half guys..what is the back spacing on your wheels?
Originally Posted by bignastygs
I am back halfing my 70 Skylark using a S&W A body kit and have the rear gear,tire size figured out. Now my dilemma is that S&W says to use wheels with 4 inch backspacing. I had a set of Buick Ralleys widened to 15x14 but they are 7 7/8 backspacing. Will I be in trouble here?? S&W have not returned my email stating if I can use these wheels. Just trying to get all the correct parts for a clean easy build. Opinions??
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I may be screwed...Here is the return email I received...
HI PAT, WE MAKE A LADDER BAR BACK HALF KIT. THE REAR HOUSING FOR THAT FRAME IS 38”1/4 HOUSING END TO HOUSING END.43”1/4 AXLE FLANGE TO AXLE FLANGE. WE CAN CHANGE THE REAR WIDTH BUT I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN CHANGE IT TO WORK WITH YOUR WHEEL. YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME MEASURMENTS AND SEE HOW WIDE THE REAR HAS TO BE AND WERE THE FRAME WILL END UP.THE FRAME MEASURMENTS ARE 27”5/8 OUTSIDE TO OUTSIDE. ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP YOU WITH LET ME NO. THANKS
HI PAT, WE MAKE A LADDER BAR BACK HALF KIT. THE REAR HOUSING FOR THAT FRAME IS 38”1/4 HOUSING END TO HOUSING END.43”1/4 AXLE FLANGE TO AXLE FLANGE. WE CAN CHANGE THE REAR WIDTH BUT I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN CHANGE IT TO WORK WITH YOUR WHEEL. YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME MEASURMENTS AND SEE HOW WIDE THE REAR HAS TO BE AND WERE THE FRAME WILL END UP.THE FRAME MEASURMENTS ARE 27”5/8 OUTSIDE TO OUTSIDE. ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP YOU WITH LET ME NO. THANKS
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I have a 11inch b/s on my wheels. Now the fenders on my car have been pulled out so it looks nice. What I would do is get a few diff size wheels from your buddies and see. What is your rear housing size comes into play as well. Alot of mock up and look see. good luck with it
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If you provide them with the proper dimensions just about any company building rear housings can give you what you need to make your wheels fit. The only problem that I could see running that much back spacing would be that to remove the wheels you would have to drop the rear end down. If that is not a problem just make sure that the rear brake hose is long enough that it does not have to be unhooked each time and make sure it is secured to keep it from being damaged.
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