machining h2 wheels

highrollintj

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thinkin about buying a set of h2 wheels for my dodge. who can machine the centers?
 
The centers have to be bored for 1 ton hubs. I bored mine to 4.920 using a special tool made from a D35 axleshaft. Here's the thread ( http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17239 ), but I don't recommend this method for those without a lot of strength and ingenuity.
 
Mud has a Bridgeport and alot of tooling. Call him.
 
jeepinmatt said:
The centers have to be bored for 1 ton hubs. I bored mine to 4.920 using a special tool made from a D35 axleshaft. Here's the thread ( http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17239 ), but I don't recommend this method for those without a lot of strength and ingenuity.
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Just a thought, but why did you have to go to 4.92" ? I believe the actual hub diameter on the dodge 1 tons are around 4.72" so allowing a 4.75" or so would leave the wheel hubcentric.

I am currently needing to go the opposite of this as I am fitting Dodge wheels with a measured 4.76" hub bore to my Chevy 1tons on my 78 which has a hub of about 4.5" (I can't remember exactly what it was, I think it was slightly under that). So I was gonna have some rings machined that I could hammer onto the hubs or tack weld there so the wheels would fit correctly as they are not lug centric (flat washer lug nuts...dually wheels).


I always had an idea in my head about how to machine the H2s out for the 1tons though, although alot more primitive than Jeepinmatt's... I always thought you could get a large bimetal hole saw (4.75") and cut a few holes out of piece of say a 2x6. Then take all of the "doughnuts" cut out of the 2x6, line them up and glue them together. You should now have a cylinder that is about 4.5" outer diameter as this is what came out of the inside of the hole saw. Now stick this through the hub bore, (even better if it was a tight fit), and use this to keep the hole saw lined up when cutting out the 4.75" hole in the wheel. Then just clean up the cut with a grinder/sander that won't clog up with aluminum.

Theoretically it should work...I have used this method elsewhere when opening up a smaller hole to a bigger one with a hole saw, just never on a wheel.

Heck I've even seen a steel Chevy wheel opened up from 4.5 to 4.75" using a angle grinder by a member on this board :rolleyes: What works...works.
 
anyone with a capable lathe or a bridgeport should be able to do it. contact a local machine shop.

I can do it at work and we are in Spring Hope, not too far up hwy 64 from you.
 
Router.
Straight bit with a bearing guide.
Theres a lip just to the inside of the wheel that the bearing can ride on and it'll take out plenty to get 'em over 1 ton hubs.

H2's aren't hub centric wheels anyway so there's no need to try and make 'em a tight fit.
 
i used a router as well. the actual lip in question is not all that much material.
worked fine on my truck
 
dremel tool and a case of beer?
 
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