14" trailer wheels with 5/8" holes

NULLDANL

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I have a 2008 Lowes tandem axle trailer with 13" wheels. The bolt pattern is 5 X 4.5" but the holes are 5/8". All new wheels of this size have 1/2 inch holes. I can not find anyone who has the wheels with 5/8" holes. They can be reamed out, but it is not as good as original would be.
Do you know of any place where I can order that size wheel?
 

dingbat

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I have a 2008 Lowes tandem axle trailer with 13" wheels. The bolt pattern is 5 X 4.5" but the holes are 5/8". All new wheels of this size have 1/2 inch holes. I can not find anyone who has the wheels with 5/8" holes. They can be reamed out, but it is not as good as original would be.
Do you know of any place where I can order that size wheel?
Might be easier to replace the studs in the axle than drilling out the wheels
 
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airshot

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If you have tapered lug nuts and they are large enough in diameter to safely cover the 5/8" hole you would be fine. The lug nuts should center the wheel. Not an ideal situation, but very workable.
 

matt167

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I’m trying to figure this out in my head as to how or why.. a 5 lug trailer will have 1/2”-20 studs or lug bolts depending on axle mfr. A 6 lug or 8 lug trailer may have 1/2” or 9/16” studs but the same wheels will fit. I do remember working on one trailer at work that had a 5 1/4” bolt circle. It was a rusty heap of an old Lowe’s trailer and we didn’t have a wheel to fit and needed to tube the tire since the wheel was rusted out… drilling the lug holes out would have made it fit since it was only 1/4” off. Wasn’t something we could do for liability reasons
 

matt167

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The lugs are 5/8 " That is the problem. All the newer lugs are 1/2" bu in 2008 many of them were 5/8".
I’ve worked on trailers 40-50 years old to current and have never come across anything other than 1/2” on a 5 lug. 6 or 8 lug are either 1/2” or 9/16”. I know 5/8” lug nuts exist but I gotta say I don’t think I’ve ever seen one on a trailer. Except on some older trailers with dual tandem wheels.

If this is really the case with yours, I’d put standard hubs on it. Probably could use them anyway
 

bruceb58

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If this is really the case with yours, I’d put standard hubs on it. Probably could use them anyway
I would do the same.

I also have never ever heard of 5/8" studs on a trailer with 5 studs before.
 
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