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mr48chev · 03-04-2012, 02:15 PM

Usually off a 49/54 Chevy car. You also need the backing plates as the 48 truck backing plates won't work with the car drums.

I'd have to raise my truck up and look as you need to drill two new holes in the backing plate and make two spacers to match the backing plate to the truck spindle. It's an easy self explanatory process and only takes a few minutes to accomplish.

What I and most others have done is bolt the car backing plate to the truck spindle with the two bolts where the backing plate matches up to the spindle and then use the spindle as a drill guide to drill the two new holes. I need to jack the truck up to measure something anyhow so I'll see if I can get a photo from the back side of the backing plate when I go outside.

03-04-2012, 02:15 PM	#2
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,314	Re: 5 lug hubs Usually off a 49/54 Chevy car. You also need the backing plates as the 48 truck backing plates won't work with the car drums. I'd have to raise my truck up and look as you need to drill two new holes in the backing plate and make two spacers to match the backing plate to the truck spindle. It's an easy self explanatory process and only takes a few minutes to accomplish. What I and most others have done is bolt the car backing plate to the truck spindle with the two bolts where the backing plate matches up to the spindle and then use the spindle as a drill guide to drill the two new holes. I need to jack the truck up to measure something anyhow so I'll see if I can get a photo from the back side of the backing plate when I go outside.