Rims won't fit on rear with drums.

[mlsceo]

I repeat the question. Did you take a hammer to the raised areas around the stud holes thinking they were causing the issue?

Those wheels must've been balanced while the paint was still wet. I sure didn't have that kind of paint damage when mine were done.

 

[Cyrillious]

I am not trying to make this worse for you but I am running 33x12.50 mud grips and they don't need that much weight. If you have that much lead on that wheel something is wrong.

I learned something new. Thank you for that information. Now I want to run them after I figure out how to fit them and see how the ride compares to the alternate wheels I will put on for now to get my pet Monster rolling. I wonder if the quality of tires could also contribute to the excess weights?

 

[Cyrillious]

I repeat the question. Did you take a hammer to the raised areas around the stud holes thinking they were causing the issue?

No I did not. No hammering was done in these pictures.

 

[Redfish]

I learned something new. Thank you for that information. Now I want to run them after I figure out how to fit them and see how the ride compares to the alternate wheels I will put on for now to get my pet Monster rolling. I wonder if the quality of tires could also contribute to the excess weights?

Yes. Tire quality has more effect on balancing that the rim quality. Mostly because the tire is further from the center and any weight differences have a greater effect further from the middle/center of rotation.