Dana 35 TTB Converted to Chevy 6 on 5.5

[scotts90ranger]

Yeah, it was right at $1 when I started driving in '98. All the politics are dumb over here, they always have excuses, it did just drop to $4 again...

Heck tell someone from then that you can't go to a fast food place and find a meal for under $7 a person anymore or that a basic F150 is around $50k (I honestly am guessing, I don't look...)

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

or that a basic F150 is around $50k (I honestly am guessing, I don't look...)

If you think that and that makes you feel bad... don't check.

 

[bobbywalter]

last two powerboost trucks stickered out at 75 and 80 k.


that is definitely....excessive.

patently ridiculously excessive.....criminally excessive is not hyperbole even.

nice ass trucks though.

then again, i just rent them....(lease)....cause i dont trust them past any offered warranty.

the cost loss is too close to bother buying. unless i have to rack miles.

 

[scotts90ranger]

That's like 50 shitbox Tahoe's!

My buddies like wheeling the Tahoe's in the sand, for like $500-1500 it's hard to beat really, and once it dies you still have a 5.3L to put in something else... scrap the body and end up ahead really... you probably figured out that they came up with using a Tahoe as a form of expressing currency, beer was likely involved... Im a rebel and use my V8 Explorer, they're about as capable really...

Ok, I'll stop sidetracking . If you do go with one of the semi float 14 bolts I think they're mostly in the Suburbans if it helps any...

 

[4x4junkie]

It looks like my only option for a 6-lug 8.8 is the wheel adapters. There's not enough space to drill the stock axle flange to 6x5.5, and not enough space to redrill a rotor, or find one to fit.

I'm not going to build a whole new axle just to have 6-lugs, and I'd rather overhaul mine with new bearings and seals and take my chances with it, then toss it aside.

Doing the Dana 44 hub with the Ford 5x5.5 and redrilling the rear may be a better route. Although redrilling the rear and then redrilling a brake rotor to fit it seems like a lot of work versus using a wheel adapter.

There is *just* enough room, but you do have to use thread-in studs (you cannot use normal press-in studs which require a larger hole). The brake drums can be drilled by hand using a template since the drums are centered on the axle bore itself.

Years ago I did a set to 5x5.5" on my Ranger. No reason why 6x5.5 shouldn't be doable as well (circle dia. is the same, and you're clear of the old 5x4.5 pattern if you clock it correctly).