wheel size??? dana front 14bolt ff rear

chevyman92

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i'm looking to swap a solid front in a 95 chevy fullsize with a dana 60 or 44 front. I have a 14 bolt ff for the rear. I was wondering whats the smallest rim I could run on each axle? i'm wanting to keep 16's and go with steel wheels but before I start ordering I need to know for sure that they will fit.
 
I've had 16s on mine 60/14 Traded my rims and tires to a guy who also had 60/14 combo. He is still running them. Rims had plenty of clearance between rim and caliper. You could also grind down 60 front calipers and maybe do a disc brake swap on the 14 bolt to fit 15s.. just make sure your new rims have big enough center holes for the hubs to pass through

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Depends on which front axle you go with. I would suggest staying with a 16" or 17". 15s will fit a Chevy 60/14 combo, but only with very little backspacing (around 2" or so and they'll stick waaayyyy out) or heavy grinding on the front calipers. A 15" rim will fit over a 3/4 ton 14 bolt drum, but the 1 ton 14 bolt has a larger, 13" brake drum and it may not fit because they're cast fairly thick.

Now then, if you use a Ford Dana 60, the big ass, dual piston calipers might be tight on a 16, but I'm pretty sure they'll fit. I've got H2s on mine and have about 1/2 inch of clearance in the tightest spot.


On a different note:

A Ford axle would make life easier, but they demand a little higher premium. Not sure if you want to keep the speedo working or not, but with it being a 95, it should have an NP241 and it is, of course, driver's side drop. Swapping to passenger's drop would require a new t-case and I believe all of the pass drop Chevy cases were for a cable driven speedo. I used an NP241 in my 99 Silverado SAS. Good luck on the swap too, greatest thing I ever did to this truck!
 
To add to my post... I have a ford kingpin 60 that I was running 16s on with no problem

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Good to know. I hadn't tried a set on mine yet, but I may eventually put the H2s back on the CUCV and put the Weld rims on my "going to town" truck :D
 
16s will clear any axle before 99 or so think about it before the late 90s a 17" rim was virtually un heard of from the factory on a truck..15s won't fit a ford 8 lug 44 or 60 without grinding
 
thanks everybody for their input. as for the t case and axle talk, i was planning on mildly building the motor, with a mildly built th350 or 400, with a 205 tcase. should be plenty tough for the abuse i plan to put it through. obviously with that build list this is gonna be a long build process, with a good mix of fab work and :beer:. i just want to have a good game plan set in my mind before i start tearing stuff up and off. and a good parts list of what i need and what i can reuse.
 
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