When I measured a while back, I got 50 inches minimum and 72 inches maximum.
The fender had room for an 11 inch wide tire. This, of course, would be
rubbing both sides.
----- Original Message -----
From: BORDER,RYAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1) <ryan_border@hp.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Measurement please (task force)
>
> Hello guys-
> I have an opportunity to buy some new rear wheels for my truck at a
pretty
> good price. However, I have concerns about if they're going to fit. What
I
> need to know, is how wide (outside sidewall to outside sidewall) the rear
> wheels/tires/axle combo can be, and still fit inside a stock set of task
> force step-side rear fenders. The measurement I'm looking for is probably
> around 70 inches. Any of you rodders, with tires that fit, got an 8ft
dial
> caliper handy? :-)
> I've got a narrowed frame, have a pretty good idea what the outboard
> suspension components width is going to be, and can tub the bed so that
the
> suspension *is* the inside limitation. I will have the axle narrowed to
> suit... The wheels I'm looking at are 15X15's though, which still might be
a
> bit tight. The tires I'd run on them would be M/T 31X18.5X15 Sportsmans
(or
> Hoosier/Phoenix/Goodyear equivalents), which have a sidewall width of
~18".
> The limiter looks to be the rear lower corner of the wheel well opening...
>
> Culled from the pages of "Classic Trucks":
> http://www.classictrucksweb.com/
> (hopefully a shameless plug will keep them from suing me)
> is a picture that approximates what I'm shooting for:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~rborder/truck/rc.jpg
>
> Thanks-
> Ryan.
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>
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