steel 16 inch wheels, fit 4x4 half ton

[howlinwolf]

Exactly that, what year truck would have 16 inch 6 lug, preferably steel, that would fit a 78 1/2 ton 4x4. i had a set of aluminum wheels someone gave me, but the hole for the hub was too small. They were off of a 88+.

[Captkaos]

Aftermarket if you want 16's

[Jason S]

According to the SPID information, my '74 K10 came from the factory with 16" 6-lug steel wheels and bright hubcaps.  When I got the truck back in the late 90's the 16" wheels were long gone. 

For new wheels, Dexter wheel makes 16" 6-lug, painted steel wheels that accept the 3/4-ton hubcaps...

[Elpresidente]

99-04 Silverado & Sierra. Mine are 16" with 6 lug bolt pattern, i'd sell you my spare set if you lived close lol

[zieg85]

I used to have a set of 4.  They were on my 6 lug car trailer with 7.50x16 tube tires.  Regular dog dish hubcaps fit on them.  What I don't know is if they were tubeless rims or not.

[Captkaos]

I was thinking the 16's rims for our trucks were not tubeless?

[zieg85]

I was thinking the 16's rims for our trucks were not tubeless?

If I remember that era, none of the 16's where tubeless.  My 72 had split rims and I went to 16.5's to go tubeless and radials...

[Captkaos]

That is what I was thinking.

[audrima]

my 16X7.25(or what ever) from my 78 3/4 ton (8 lug though.) had tubes

[Gusgusa1]

Try 1984 and older. What is the diameter of the center hole?

[Irish_Alley]

like gusgusa said the diameter is the problem once gm went to idf 88+ they made the center hole smaller and they wont fit

[75gmck25]

I have 8 lug 16" wheels with 245/75R16 tubeless tires on my '75 GMC K25.  My original wheels were split rim 16.5" with 9.50x16.5 tires. 

Tubeless 16" rims with either 6 lugs or 8 lugs used to be very common in the junkyards, but I haven't looked in a while.  You usually had to pull them off one of the trucks, so it was easy to verify they would work on a square body.

Bruce

[howlinwolf]

im not sure what the center hub size is

[dvdswan]

I beleive the older vehicles were 4" and new ones are 3".   

[Jason S]

Exactly that, what year truck would have 16 inch 6 lug, preferably steel, that would fit a 78 1/2 ton 4x4.

Wheels from 1969-1987 trucks with 6-lug on 5.5" lug spacing with a 3.65" pilot (hub diameter) will interchange.

 6-lug wheels from the '50's through the '80's can work, but 16-inch wheels on 1/2-tons it seems were not as popular as the 15-inch variety.  As noted, most of these trucks came with tube tires. 

Additionally: the Jeep Wagoneer, Cherokee (Full-Size) and J-10 trucks ran the same size wheels and lug patterns. I know 16" steel wheels were available on some of these models.

As for the tube versus tubeless issue, I have run tubeless tires on many 60's and 70's trucks that were originally equipped with tube type tires.  From what I've seen:  If  the wheel is in good shape and the welds are good and no major internal rust on the wheel, then there should not be any issues. 

As noted above I used new Dexter wheels because I could use hubcaps and replicate the factory appearance.  There are a number of aftermarket companies (Crager and Keystone) that make 16" steel 6-lug on 5.5" lug spacing, but they are styled wheels. 

Here are some photos of my Dexter Wheel 16-inch 6-lug steel wheel setup with 7.50 x 16-inch bias ply mudgrips.
Front:

Rear:


Closeup of rear, 3.65" pilot (hub) diameter:


Closeup of front:


Here are a couple of links of some wheel interchanges:
http://www.okoffroad.com/editorial-boltpattern.htm
http://adaptitusa.com/referencebook.htm