Rims won't fit on rear with drums.

[Cyrillious]

Sorry, wasn’t bagging on you for painting them, but comparing what WV offered for for different part numbers and painted primed etc trying to figure out why they didn’t fit.
Still didn’t see your part number on WV website and the closest numbers were advertised as I mentioned back on p 1 or this thread. So I think you got rims that were made more specific to different/earlier model year trucks but “fit” 6 lug squares. Or almost fit anyways!

I looked for my part number the other day and it's obsolete by the looks of it. And I got them early last year. They have one close to what I have but you can't put hub caps on them

 

[Cyrillious]

What brand of tires? Name brand or Tiawanesium tires?

Komodo M/T saveros

 

[Grit dog]

Komodo M/T saveros

While I hadn’t heard of them before, they’re priced similar to other mid range mudders. They’re super aggressive though so more likely to take more weight. Did they all take a lot? How much?
Maybe you can convince the tire shop to rotate them a rebalance. After you clearance the rims and repaint…lol

 

[Grit dog]

That was going to be my ultimate solution for all four rims. Grind down the folded inward lips that are not welded on the inside. I need to look inside the drums chamfer circumferences as to how much I can take off on the outside lips. This job will not happen not at least next year because I want to take a break from these disappointing fit wheels. I'm hoping better luck with my used wheels for now.

Fair enough. How close are they to fitting? Would 1/4 “ spacers work? That’s easiest if they do and costs less than having the tires re-mounted.
Another possible option you could measure up is if the threads are too short for your comfort (you’d ideally want to grab 9-10 threads minimum) is extended length lug nuts.
And actual bolt on 1.5” spacers are $60 US and are a permanent slam dunk solution. Done deal and they correct the narrower rear stance.

 

[mlsceo]

That was going to be my ultimate solution for all four rims. Grind down the folded inward lips that are not welded on the inside. I need to look inside the drums chamfer circumferences as to how much I can take off on the outside lips. This job will not happen not at least next year because I want to take a break from these disappointing fit wheels. I'm hoping better luck with my used wheels for now

Unless I'm mistaken you have disc brakes up front. You won't have any clearance issues with the front. So, you're discouraged to the point of just doing nothing. No worries, if you decide at some point that you'd like to see exactly what the fix is, just let me know and I'll pull off a wheel and show you pics of my drum, WV wheel with simple mod, and original wheel. I've done this. It really is a simple fix. I was discouraged too. For about two minutes, that's how long it took me to compare the wheel centers old and new, and realize what needed to be done to solve the problem. After that it was nothing to it but to do it.

 

[Grit dog]

Unless I'm mistaken you have disc brakes up front. You won't have any clearance issues with the front. So, you're discouraged to the point of just doing nothing. No worries, if you decide at some point that you'd like to see exactly what the fix is, just let me know and I'll pull off a wheel and show you pics of my drum, WV wheel with simple mod, and original wheel. I've done this. It really is a simple fix. I was discouraged too. For about two minutes, that's how long it took me to compare the wheel centers old and new, and realize what needed to be done to solve the problem. After that it was nothing to it but to do it.

Agreed. I can think of 4 solutions that range from a few hours and $0 to $60 and hitting BUY NOW on Amazon that would solve or likely solve the issue as we understand it.
Honestly the most time consuming option is probably about the same time it takes to make 2 round trips to the tire shop to get the tires remounted on temporary wheels.

 

[Cyrillious]

Agreed. I can think of 4 solutions that range from a few hours and $0 to $60 and hitting BUY NOW on Amazon that would solve or likely solve the issue as we understand it.
Honestly the most time consuming option is probably about the same time it takes to make 2 round trips to the tire shop to get the tires remounted on temporary wheels.

For now temporary rims(pictured) mounted with good used tires and torqued them on the Suburban.

 

[Cyrillious]

Unless I'm mistaken you have disc brakes up front. You won't have any clearance issues with the front. So, you're discouraged to the point of just doing nothing. No worries, if you decide at some point that you'd like to see exactly what the fix is, just let me know and I'll pull off a wheel and show you pics of my drum, WV wheel with simple mod, and original wheel. I've done this. It really is a simple fix. I was discouraged too. For about two minutes, that's how long it took me to compare the wheel centers old and new, and realize what needed to be done to solve the problem. After that it was nothing to it but to do it.

I appreciate the words of encouragement! However I'd rather spend time and energy on getting the other issues like the body to get my project/pet/monster on the road. Plus I mounted tires on my temporary wheels to get this thing mobile. If I have motivation before the end of the year I can quote you @mlsceo the markings where I intend to machine off.

 

[Cyrillious]

Fair enough. How close are they to fitting? Would 1/4 “ spacers work? That’s easiest if they do and costs less than having the tires re-mounted.
Another possible option you could measure up is if the threads are too short for your comfort (you’d ideally want to grab 9-10 threads minimum) is extended length lug nuts.
And actual bolt on 1.5” spacers are $60 US and are a permanent slam dunk solution. Done deal and they correct the narrower rear stance.

As it is a spacer would not work as the rim cannot get the studs through to have any threads to use.

 

[Cyrillious]

While I hadn’t heard of them before, they’re priced similar to other mid range mudders. They’re super aggressive though so more likely to take more weight. Did they all take a lot? How much?
Maybe you can convince the tire shop to rotate them a rebalance. After you clearance the rims and repaint…lol

All four of them took some considerable amount of weights. I did not read how much weights are on each and I do not want to look at those wheels at the moment. Yes those wheels have hurt my feelings! LOL!

 

[Rusty Nail]

Too bad you painted them