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material comp
The factory hubs are cast iron and the new hubs are 6061 aircraft alloy. We use it daily here at NASA.
Without getting into a mathematical debate, I will say that one of my Father's Kenworth trucks has cast alloy hubs...
I believe these hubs to be much stronger than factory...
No modifications needed
Straight bolt on replacement. Hubs in or out on rear just like originals. The only difference between the stock and Ouverson is going to be the 10 bolt pattern instead of a 6 bolt.
There are other differences ( material, weight, etc etc) but they are of no concern to...
adapter plates
I too was looking for data on adapting to 10 bolt and found Chuck's Trucks. They make adapter plates but they want $2K for them!
This will be a "correct" way to put 10 bolt wheels (even commercial alcoa) on your deuce.
Justin
Ouverson Engineering
I just talked with Randy at Ouverson. He has a Wicked 6 alloy hub that he builds. He is going to modify his program (minimal effort) and build a set of 10 bolt hubs for me to test the market for this product.
He has not seen the demand for 5ton wheels being adapted to...