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| I NEED HELP IN FINDING 19.5 OR 20.5 BUD STYLE WHEELS IN STEEL OR ALUM..THAT 5 BOLT HAS EVERYONE AROUND ME LOST..I BELIEVE THERE IS A 10 BOLT PATTERN THAT WOULD WORK. zimrad855@yahoo.com 585-968-3437 thanks John Zimmerman |
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Location: Scottsdale, Aridzona | Why are you looking for a 20.5 inch rim, if such a rim even exists ? Yyou want 19.5 inch diameter. There are tires made for the 19.5 in size rim. Review the Yahoo site. Someone got some 19.5 steel rims made recently. Contact that guy direct. Hear his tale, and am sure he will help you get 19.5 steel rims for your FMC. I doubt if you will find any 19.5 Alcoas. Lou #120
Edited by hemi354az 2010-09-17 12:27 AM
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Location: Cottage Grove, OR | New 19.5 inch steel rims are available from Stockton Wheel. They are manufactured when ordered.
http://www.stocktonwheel.com |
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| What yahoo site? 19.5 wheels from anywhere would be great. Having them built is something else. |
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| I miss spoke 22.5 rims or 19.5 rims are what I would like..I believe there must be a 10 bolt out there that would fit any so what if you only used 5 bolts..The
FMC site has menentioned that people have changed up to alco wheels. If that is the case there must be a 10 bolt out there or they changed the hub altogether or there is a conversion shim out there. |
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Location: Cottage Grove, OR | The Alcoa's that people have changed to are 5 bolt 19.5 wheels that were made by Alcoa specifically for the FMC coach hub. Alcoa has stopped making that wheel so the existing population of those wheels is the total population of 19.5 Alcoa's for FMC coaches.
Have you talked to MCR (Motor Coach Restoration) of Illinois about how they converted FMC coaches to 22.5 wheels and if those wheels are still available? Only using 5 holes of a 10 bolt pattern would be very problematic and likely would end up with cracking and failure of the wheels. |
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Location: DINWIDDIE COUNTY AIRPORT | ARE THE 5 LUG WHEELS ON THE FMC THE SAME THAT ARE FOUND ON THE FRONT OF MANY MID 90'S ROLLBACKS. THEY ARE ALL 19.5 & WILL HANDLE THE BIGGER 19.5 TIRES. #00032
H. & P. UNIQUE CARS
DINWIDDIE COUNTY AIRPORT
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
KANDRWHATEVER@AOL.COM
Edited by HUNTSPOP 2010-11-16 7:40 PM
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Location: Santa Cruz, Calif. | Couldn't answer your question directly, Huntstop, but most modern wheels including the Bud system center the wheel on the studs. The FMC wheels center the wheel on the hub. This means the hub hole on the wheel is a critical and exact fit of the hub. It also means the mountingof the wheel is a tight fit and no dirt or debris can be in the way. |
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Location: Ignacio Colorado | When You switch to lug centerd wheels the center hole just has to be big enough to let the hub pass through. The wheel will be centered by the propper lug centering nuts you will have to swap to as well. More to this no doubt but this is the basics.
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Location: DINWIDDIE COUNTY AIRPORT | I recently purchased another motorhome, 1985 Fleetwood, that has 5 stud hubs on the front & 10 stud hubs on the rear, however, it has 10 bolt 19.5 wheels on both front & rear with some form of spacer around the front lugs. Guess this will also work on my FMC? |
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Location: Ignacio Colorado | You are the guy to figure out if they will fit or not. I have seen the setup you speak of. I have wondered if they would fit. Take your tape out and check it out and let all of us know what you find. It is in your hands. thanks for the support.
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| More info on that spacer to make 19/5 wheels fit..I'v tried all over to find 19/5 with 5-hole...no luck...How about 17" that aren't split rims?...any help would be great...Thanks Zim...zimrad855@yahoo.com |
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Location: Rushville, IL | Maybe this outfit would cut a set of adapters to fit the FMC hub. They list 5 bolt RV to 10x285.75mm adapters.
http://www.chromewheel.com/dominator.htm |
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