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RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/13/2007 2:59:32 PM    alterboy   Posts: 87 Joined: 11/6/2007 Status: offline I heard 6 lug fords will interchange but i'm not a ford guy. As a matter of fact I've never owned a ford. _____________________________ I wish Chip Foose would fix my truck from the frame up! (in reply to alterboy) Post #: 16

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/14/2007 1:06:08 PM    hemichuck   Posts: 43 Joined: 9/20/2007 Status: offline 6 lug fords will interchange with dodge 3/4 ton 6 lugs but not Dakotas (in reply to alterboy) Post #: 17

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/14/2007 1:17:48 PM    hemichuck   Posts: 43 Joined: 9/20/2007 Status: offline Crazy4x4RT ,Maybe I need to move to the desert,I dont like cold weather anyways and my sinus problem hasnt gone away in 40 years. I'm getting ready to stick a 5.9 in an 87 Dakota shortbed with a carb and a 5 speed. I'll see how it works out in that one and get back to you if I need directions to the desert.As they said in Raising Arizona,I could get me a suburban Tempe starter home. I'm thinking maybe some of my heating problem in the later days was from my trans slipping causing excessive heat.But that trucks gone now so maybe this other one will be different (in reply to hemichuck) Post #: 18

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/14/2007 10:52:34 PM    alterboy   Posts: 87 Joined: 11/6/2007 Status: offline RE: Above picture OUCH!!!!! _____________________________ I wish Chip Foose would fix my truck from the frame up! (in reply to hemichuck) Post #: 19

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/20/2007 5:42:46 AM    hemichuck   Posts: 43 Joined: 9/20/2007 Status: offline You aint kidding, Its still ouching and that happened last January. Drunk driver hit me at 70 while I was sitting still.At least nobody got killed (in reply to alterboy) Post #: 20

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/22/2007 8:11:43 PM    put it to the floor   Posts: 37 Joined: 7/30/2007 Status: offline what did they have for a vehicle..............will she start _____________________________ DODGE the only way to go (in reply to hemichuck) Post #: 21

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/22/2007 8:26:31 PM    JimmyDiablo Posts: 4293 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: hemichuck 6 lug fords will interchange with dodge 3/4 ton 6 lugs but not Dakotas my 3/4 ton is 8 lug. What year was 6? _____________________________ (in reply to hemichuck) Post #: 22

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/22/2007 9:36:01 PM    flyers win the cup   Posts: 102 Joined: 7/19/2007 Status: offline early 80's to now. toyota, chev, nissan (datsun) suzuki were all 6 bolt pattern. Ford, chrysler 5 bolt pattern. i owned a suziki with a 6 bolt pattern, almost ripped the rims off. my 89 dak with 5 bolt has not let me down. that's probalby why! (in reply to hemichuck) Post #: 23

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 11/23/2007 7:48:29 AM    hemichuck   Posts: 43 Joined: 9/20/2007 Status: offline I keep forgetting I'm a lot older than a lot of folks on the board(maybe I'm just in denial)In the good ol days...He..He...He.. like the 60's and 70's the standard out of Detroit was a half ton truck had 5 lugs,a 3/4 ton had 6 lugs and a 1 ton 8 lugs. Of course in the 80's all that way of thinking went out the door.The manufacturers started going cheap and started taking their lower strength rears and changing the bolt patterns around and stick them on bigger springs and call them 3/4 tons(my 97 2500 van 3/4 ton has 5 lugs and a 5 inch pattern just like the 1/2 ton trucks) All of the weight rating designations became more of an advertising point rather than an actual difference...just like in everything else.All of the food now is advertised as lo-cal,low fat,no cholesterol,etc.etc. but its all the same stuff that was made in the 60's just with updated descriptions to make it more appealing to the consumer. Now trucks are not as heavy as they were then but as long as they stick 2500-or 3500 on the side everyone will think they are much heavier and buy them anyway.I remember in the early 90's my Dad bought a 3/4 ton chevy van to haul his boat to the lake and upon getting it home and reading the owners manual it said that they didnt recommend that you tow anything with the 700R4 trans that was in it....It said right on the window sticker HD towing package and it came with a reciever hitch but they didnt want you to tow anything with it. (in reply to flyers win the cup) Post #: 24

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 12/7/2007 1:53:00 AM    alterboy   Posts: 87 Joined: 11/6/2007 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: 92BLACKLS because 7  8  9!  I don't get it? _____________________________ I wish Chip Foose would fix my truck from the frame up! (in reply to 92BLACKLS) Post #: 25

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 12/10/2007 8:25:27 AM    ADodds357   Posts: 14 Joined: 5/17/2007 Status: offline does anyone know how to convert from a six lug to a 5 lug. or a place that has kool wheels for the six lug (in reply to alterboy) Post #: 26

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 12/10/2007 1:07:25 PM    Bad96_3.9 Posts: 408 Joined: 5/8/2006 From: Crawfordville, FL Status: offline the the spindels/axels from an earler 5 lug dakota. _____________________________ 1996 Dakota Club Cab 2wd SLT Spray in Bed Liner Custom Racing Stripes 3.9 to 5.2 Conversion!!! Mopar Performance computer, K&N, flowmaster, no cat. http://www.myspace.com/topher73 (in reply to ADodds357) Post #: 27

RE: Why do dakotas have 6 lug nuts? - 12/11/2007 7:59:34 AM    ADodds357   Posts: 14 Joined: 5/17/2007 Status: offline how long you think it would take to switch the axels? (in reply to Bad96_3.9) Post #: 28

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