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i am fixing to get a rearend from an s-10 and to have the 5 hole, but was wondering how i could go about making my front spindles 5 hole as well, wil the ones of the s-10 work?

later
E

The smoothest way of dealing with this is to ship your hubs and rotors to Moser Engineering and have them reworked to match the S-10 pattern. They have to redrill the assembies (hub and rotor together) so you might want to be sure your rotors are in really good shape because once the process is done, It's pretty much permanent.They worked my hubs on my truck and they did a great job!

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

if you don't mind answering, how much did that cost you

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Moser charged me $73.75. That included shipping back to me. The cost i paid for shipping from Texas to Moser Eng(Indiana) was about $35.00. A couple of the lugs are a tight fit but it works great even at 80+ MPH on the Hwy. Along with the redrill they supply you with new threaded studs (very strong setup) You will need to work a clearance issue as the studs will make contact with the disk brake caliper mount (minor problem). I removed some metal along the bottom of the mount. I was working on changing the front brakes to disk at the time.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Like blue said, I just had moser do mine a couple months ago and i like them. But definately check your rotors before you ship. I didn't check mine before i shipped em and when i got them back i saw that is was kinda permanent, but luckily my rotors were good and not warped .

thanks guys. i've been wondering that forever

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

well thats good to know, hmmm not a bad price either i will look into that, may be running 5 lug on the back with slicks and 6 hole on the front for awhile lol

later

E

I bought 2 rims over 5 years ago for the Ford axle and they sat around until i finally installed everything last summer. The rims i picked out were available in 5 and 6 lug patterns. The idea was to hold off on buying front rims to cut cost at the time. The company that made the rims is long gone and i had to scramble to find rims that would work out ok and the fact that i converted the brakes to disk plus going to a 5 lug pattern rework of the hubs. Also the they had to be 14" rims. I had to settle for the front rims i have now because 14" rims are not common anymore. So dont go crazy on the rims until your ready for all 4.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

MINE STILL HAS THE OLD BRAKE HUBS BUT HAD THIM REDRILLED TO FORD 5 LUG FOUND A LOCAL SHOP TO DO IT COST ME $40.00 FOR BOTH MOST MACHINE SHOPS CAN DO IT

I e-mailed Moser. They said they no longer did the Luv lug conversions. I guess I'll find a shop here locally to do it.......Eventually. Just thought I'd let ya'll know.

That's a shame that they dont work the lug conversion anymore. They did a quality job and supplied you with new wheel studs. If i find out about another company that does the mod, i'll post it .

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Well, I put off getting my front hubs to Moser, and now it's too late. If anybody knows a macine shop in the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, Washington area that will re-drill hubs to 5-bolt, let me know.
Thanks, John

old man i will be looking in tacoma to find some one to do mine, if i find one i'll post it to ya who and where they are located

Call Moser, they did mine about 3 months ago, they still list it as a service on their website. It was probably someone who works there as a pc guy and didn't know what a LUV was so his first thought was no. just my 2 cents

hey guys i just called moser at 7:00 am my time (chicago) and they said they do not do that anymore. that really sucks!!! i am going to look around here and hopefully find something. good luck to everyone!

Has anyone tried the adapters for different lug pattern,and do they hold up?this is there web site.

http://www.motorsport-tech.com

I see that they handle 4 and 5 lug applications but i didn't see anything for 6 lug? Plus it doesn't seem to be cost effective. Those adapters are pricey.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

I used spindles and rotors from a 76 toyota 2-wheel drive pick up. You will have to have the upper ball joint hole reamed out bigger to let the larger luv ball joint fit properly, that is about all that is required to make them fit. I went ahead and also replaced the brake lines with the toyota ones also.

let me solve your problems... i took my hubs to local machine shop, have them weld your hubs and rotors together. then have them weld up the bolt holes that bolt them to together, weld the holes solid.then have them drill and tap to the bolt pattern you need. then have them get a grade 8 bolt cut the head off screw it down with lock tite and put a tack weld on it. although this is permanent this works great and very cheap i have 18" wheels on my luv and a 350 roller motor and not one problem!!!!!

i took my hubs to local machine shop, have them weld your hubs and rotors together. then have them weld up the bolt holes that bolt them to together, weld the holes solid.then have them drill and tap to the bolt pattern you need. then have them get a grade 8 bolt cut the head off screw it down with lock tite and put a tack weld on it.

good tip for everyone

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio