14" Steel Rims dimensions

[Anders]

Hi,
Does anyone knows the original dimensions for my 14" steel rims? 14" X 5" or 14" X 5,5"?
Bolt pattern, is there a number for this? And "rear spacing"?

[Guest]

Anders, FYI you may be interested in this website page about Wheel Technical Information at https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

By the way, I don't recall ever seeing any type of explanation for your 506209 Myrberg Avatar. Is that a mug shot?

[Anders]

Anders, FYI you may be interested in this website page about Wheel Technical Information at https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

By the way, I don't recall ever seeing any type of explanation for your 506209 Myrberg Avatar. Is that a mug shot?

Thanks!
The picture is from my identity card when I did my military service in 1976
Name and birth number 560709 ( YYMMDD )

[Guest]

Thanks!
The picture is from my identity card when I did my military service in 1976
Name and birth number 560709 ( YYMMDD )

Anders, to further deviate from this thread about wheel size, apparently the Swedish military has no guidelines as to hair style as in the "High and Tight" that is popular with the USMC. You are a year younger then I (550701). In 1976 my hair was the length of yours also, but I was not in the military. Good luck on your wheel measurements and Happy New Year!

[Anders]

apparently the Swedish military has no guidelines as to hair style

Yeah! Who said you live in the country of freedom!

Thanks a lot for the guidlines. A few things to learn there.

But if someone still sits on the Original numbers for our hubs, I would appreciate that as even if I now know how to mesure, I still have a hughe mountain to climb as I can´t mesure in inch, and it´s quite tough to translate metric into inch.

[scumdog]

Yeah! Who said you live in the country of freedom!

Thanks a lot for the guidlines. A few things to learn there.

But if someone still sits on the Original numbers for our hubs, I would appreciate that as even if I now know how to mesure, I still have a hughe mountain to climb as I can´t mesure in inch, and it´s quite tough to translate metric into inch.

Buy an American inch and foot tape - and a steel rule.

We 'went metric' after I left school and I use both, mostly I stick to inches as all my old cars are non-metric.

[Anders]

Well, well, well....
I have that, but when I mesure something there is now way in heaven I know when things goes from 13/16, 1/2 to 7/8 or whatevet it can be. It´s so unlogical it´s a wonder USA have been able to build any thing!
With metric, you kind of go from 1 to 2, then 3 or 1,1 to 1,2 and so on....

[scumdog]

Ah, you get use to it Anders - and find out you can use 13mm sockets if you haven't got a 1/2" - or a 17mm for 5/8" and so on!!


But don't get me going on metric threads, sheesh, I thought with metrics 'simplifying' things it would be easy but there seems to be a multitude of threads - and bolts with the same thread but different head sizes...

[Guest]

Here in the Great ole US of A we rely on a good set of both metric and SAE tools, cause seems like later model Fords and Chevys are a hodgepodge of both metric and SAE fasteners. Some folks keep all of their metrics messed in with their ‘normal’ tools, but what a mess that is ‘cept when you’re lookin’ for a 9/16 socket. Ohh, there’s a 14mm, that’ll work.

So of course as anal-retentive as I am, I keep everything separate, metric to metric and SAE to SAE. Course gotta half a different tool box for ¼”, 3/8” and ½” drive tools. So I basically carry around 6 tool boxes for every car or boat I work on. Oh and that’s really convenient for sure. I have often thought about getting one many multi compartmentalized tool box for it all, but then the tool box would be as big & heavy as a coffin.

Always have wondered what do you “True Metric” guys have for drive measurements on your ratchets? Of course we, in the States, have ¼”, 3/8” and ½” drives. Are there metric drive measurements too?

Yeah, just hand me that 3/8” drive 14mm socket. Can’t find it? Ok, then the 9/16 socket will do!

[60 T-Bird]

Too bad Anders...I just sent all 5 rims and hub caps off to "Colo 66". I was born in Canada and we turned to metric when I was 18. I move to the US when I was 25, so back to inch. Then I became a Machinist and under ISO 9001 and went back to metric. Then got layed off and back to inch. Now I'm a Machinist again at a Japanese electronics firm...back to metric. But now I have my 60 bird...back to inch...you might say i go both ways!

[Anders]

You guys are to funny
If we just leave the bolt-thread thing on the side for the moment, Jed pretty much sum up my problem.
How shall I be able to know, while laying under the car, and let´s say, try a 1/2", and find it to big. There is nothing in the whole world that even gives me a clue in what direction I should go. 1/4 is smaller, that´s an easy one ( it´s even metric-logic! ). But 3/8, 9/16 or one of the other funny numbers? Nothing tells me if it´s bigger or smaller.
With metric, you might try a 13mm. If you need bigger you look at 14, 15, 16 or if you need smaller, you go 12, 11, 10.
Hellooo!!! That´s what I call simple!
Anyway, I bought a new pretty compleate set of tools, booth metric and inch when I builded my garage, so even if i´m still confused, I can manage to find what I need.
But what I can´t do, is measure the 5-lug on my wheels in order to know what it´s called using the "Inch-language".
Anyone? P l e a s e ....

https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

[YellowRose]

14" Steel Rims dimensions

Anders, if this helps, I have some notes that says our 14"x 6" rims have 0 offset backspacing, bolt circle is 5x4.5", Lug nuts are 1/2-20 and the rear spacing is 3 3/8".

[Anders]

Ray, Dear, dear friend, you makes my life so easy! Thanks a million!
( But I was under the impression we have 14" X 5,5".....)

http://www.tbirdranch.com/5860concours.html

The whole reason I´m looking for this, is to find the right numbers of everything as I thinking of ordering new wheels from http://wheelvintiques.myshopify.com/...ord-chevy-bare or if anyone have a another suggestion for finding new steel rims, I´m all for it

[YellowRose]

14" Steel Rims dimensions

Anders, you are probably right about them being 14x5.5", and according to the information from John Draxler, you are. I think the measurements I gave you hold true if they are 14x5.5" 14x6" or 14x7", but if I am wrong, someone can correct me. One thing for sure is that these rims were not vented, and they did not have the "nubs" on them to hold my dog dish hubcaps on. That is why I got a set of rims that are vented (for the upcoming disk brake conversion) and have the nubs on them for mounting my dog dishes. And had an offset sufficient to allow me to install disk brakes when I get to it.

I want to say something about John Draxler's website. It is chock full of information about our Tbirds, as you will see from just this one link below. On the left side of his website is a long listing of things you can check out when you are looking for information. Ya'll might want to bookmark this web page. It has the answers to a lot of questions about our Squarebirds in it. Many of which are asked here often. In fact, that discussion regarding master cylinder size (1" or 7/8") is covered here.. Anders, I see you also found this link!

http://www.tbirdranch.com/5860concours.html

[Anders]

Anders, I see you also found this link!

I´ll check it all the time