Will it fit?

[Disco]

Hey all. My Big Ten has a case of the gunky wheel, and I’m not sure I want to try to clean it. I was looking at the reproduction wheels (I’m one of the weirdos that like the wider wheel with the thinner grip) when I saw the wheel for the Action Line trucks came in the same shade of blue as the rest of my interior. Does anyone know if the 69-72 wheel will fit a 78?

 

[bucket]

Yep, it will fit. GM kept that mounting hub design very constant from the mid 60's and well into the 90's.

 

[Rusty Nail]

Post some pix after you

 

[Disco]

Sweet! The wife and I are discussing what to do with the interior. This truck was supposed to be a beater we could use and abuse until it died, but we’ve both kinda fallen for the old girl. Now we’re in danger of falling down the rabbit hole and spending more money than we should on this project right now. Lol
If I do end up swapping it, I’ll be sure to post pics.

 

[ali_c20]

Both of you are fallen for the old girl? You're already in the rabbit hole.

 

[Disco]

True.

 

[Disco]

Well, the repro wheels are out of my price range for the moment, so I did the boring thing and pulled the wheel from a GMT400 from a scrapyard. The horn is a bit finicky now, but it works well enough to pass the safety inspection. lol

 

[AuroraGirl]

Medium duty wheel or youre not serious about steering wheels

 

[Disco]

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This is what I pulled. Medium duty? I'm clueless. All I know is out of all the GM trucks they had (probably close to 3 dozen full-size and half a dozen S10s, all of various years), only 4 GMT400s and one 1st gen S10 had this wheel, and only 1 truck had a nice wheel (and it was the only one with the horn button too). Every other truck had either a ratty wheel, no wheel, or had an airbag wheel. lol

 

[Disco]

I was a bit sad. A yard tech told me they sent the only square body they had to the crusher with quite a few good parts on it about 15 minutes before I got there...

 

[AyWoSch Motors]

I was a bit sad. A yard tech told me they sent the only square body they had to the crusher with quite a few good parts on it about 15 minutes before I got there...

I hate when that happens!! Had that happen many times.

 

[AuroraGirl]

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This is what I pulled. Medium duty? I'm clueless. All I know is out of all the GM trucks they had (probably close to 3 dozen full-size and half a dozen S10s, all of various years), only 4 GMT400s and one 1st gen S10 had this wheel, and only 1 truck had a nice wheel (and it was the only one with the horn button too). Every other truck had either a ratty wheel, no wheel, or had an airbag wheel. lol

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[bucket]

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Looks like a nice truck. Which of the Vander Haag's is that at? I'd like to see more pictures, lol.

 

[SquareRoot]

Medium duty wheel or youre not serious about steering wheels

WTF is a medium duty wheel? Best to go easy on them there shrooms girl.

 

[Disco]

WTF is a medium duty wheel? Best to go easy on them there shrooms girl.

I think it's the 3-spoke wheel she posted a picture of, probably from the Kodiak/TopKick class 5-7 trucks. @AuroraGirl, that's what? A 19-20" wheel? I thought the C20 and 30 had an optional "commercial" wheel for fleets, and that's what you were talking about. I forgot about the actual medium duty trucks between the C/K pickups and the Bison. lol