Guest Macks and Brockways Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 My 89 superliner has budd front with dayton/spoke rear on a 50/55k Camel back. I would dearly love to have polished "budds" on the rear, Besides finding one in a junk yard..what is all is involved in switching one over? I like the way the truck is geared and would love to just change to hub piloted wheels ..thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
therabbittree Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 you said it at thr end of your post ......... if you are going through the trouble of swapping spokes to aluminum rims you might as well swap to hub piloted hubs and do your fronts hubs too..budd lugs suck ...i've had to cut plenty off in my time..hub pilots are very very big improvement over a budd setup...I think you just need to order new hubs and drums.ie outboard drums ...another improvement over spokes heehe..any one have some advice here.. i want to swap my b 81 to hubpilot 24.5s too.later,Deo \x/ hillfolk! Quote Keep on keeping on... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris88 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 The switching over is the easy part. Its buying the new rims and tires that kill ya. Hubs are 300-400 bucks around here and you need 4. Aluminum rims are probobly near that and you need 8 unless you run steel inners. Then you have 8 new tires. Just make sure wheel nuts are torqued properly. Ive seen more axles hubs and bearings ruined by people with chisels tightening wheel nuts.Chris Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 My 89 superliner has budd front with dayton/spoke rear on a 50/55k Camel back. I would dearly love to have polished "budds" on the rear, Besides finding one in a junk yard..what is all is involved in switching one over? I like the way the truck is geared and would love to just change to hub piloted wheels ..thanks in advance.I like spoke hubs, they are ugly when you paint the whole thing one color and then let em get dirty. Paint the hub red or blue (or whatever color you want) and then paint the clamps with silver paint. Put polished hub covers on your rears and then buy those snap on polished nut covers and cover the studs for the brake drum. You can paint the rim white or silver, or possibly chrome the rim. They will look real good once you get some color variation. Will be cheaper in the long run Just my 2 cents. These are fine examples of gook lookin daytons (sorry if the pics take too long to load)There are from Hanks site: Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 My 89 superliner has budd front with dayton/spoke rear on a 50/55k Camel back. I would dearly love to have polished "budds" on the rear, Besides finding one in a junk yard..what is all is involved in switching one over? I like the way the truck is geared and would love to just change to hub piloted wheels ..thanks in advance.If it was mine, I'd switch the front over to daytons.I've had trucks with Dayton's & I've had trucks with Budds & UnimountsI prefer the Daytons, once you paint them up nice, your good to go for a long time, long as they're kept clean.None of that constant polishing BS, & worrying about corrosion & tarnishing from winter driving.A lot easier to change too, in my opinion Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cummings Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 A lot easier to change too, in my opinion Amen to ThatNice dumps, by the way Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Adding to what HK said it is possible the sheer the studs off on a budd setup unlike spoke where it will slip instead. Of course youd have to be in a low gear and heavy foot to accomplish that. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 My 89 superliner has budd front with dayton/spoke rear on a 50/55k Camel back. I would dearly love to have polished "budds" on the rear, Besides finding one in a junk yard..what is all is involved in switching one over? I like the way the truck is geared and would love to just change to hub piloted wheels ..thanks in advance.22.5 and 24.5 Budd wheels may not fit on your 50/55k Budd hubs (if you can find them). The hole in the center of the wheel is 8 1/4 inchs. The axle caps on my 58k are 9 7/8 inchs. Every truck I've seen with heavy rears and Budd wheels had 24 inch tube type wheels. They come in a larger bolt pattern with a larger center hole. I've never seen a 24 inch aluminum wheel (with either bolt pattern). You may need to change to 44k axles. Good luck. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1309-spoke-to-budd-conversion-s/#findComment-6655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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