Hi I am a new member I have Cf 250 short wheel base I was wondering about duel r

[Douglas]

Hi I am a new member of buga. I have a CF250 campervan short wheelbase with a 202 petrol/gas engine with a gas cam Holley 350 and an Aussie 4 speed gearbox. The van is 3.2 metres high. I am very happy with almost all aspects of the van.

I do have a few concerns. I think the vehicle would be more stable and safer with duel wheels at the rear for several reasons. I have had a lot of bad luck with tyre failure. I have had 3 tyres fail on the rear axle since I registered the van about 8 months/3000km ago. All 3 failures I attribute to the fact the tyres were 5 or more years old, The tyre walls and/or tyre tread could not cope with the relatively great flexing due to the relatively heavy load the rear wheels, carrying approximately 600 kilograms each.  I have since purchased some new top of the range Bridgestone tryes.

Something a friend pointed out about the Bedford wheel rims I found quite unusual. Apparently the rim has a ridge on the inner edge of the rim for catching the lip of the tyre and sealing, but there is no ridge on the outer edge of the rim. He has suggested this style of rim must be fitted with tubes. I was wondering if there was a later rim that did not have this problem and/or if anyone could shed some light on the subject?  Regards Douglas

The other question is does anyone know how I could set up this van with duel wheels? Would I need to get a different diff or can I modify my current set up to have due rear wheels? Does anyone know where I could get the parts/assemblie(s) to convert the van to duel rear wheels?
Regards Douglas

[ben]

hi welcome,

i know a bloke putting a duel wheel diff into a single campervan.. lots of work. he got me to cut off shackle mounts off a truck here and send him the diff..

you need to swap complete diff, the springs are in different positions so its a lot of work. tailshaft different length, sounds like lots of fun ay:(

ill put you in contact with this bloke if your still keen.

ben

[rossie]

A set of after market rims with both safty lips and light truck 8 ply tyres should solve your problem. If you put dual rims on then you will have to go through what Ben has said, and more than likely, end up flairing the gaurds as well. Dual rims don't have a safty lip either, bump a cerb and they go down, this could of happened to yours. And maybe you drove on a half flat with out knowing until it's too late. I did this, with a rear dual rim Good luck

[hotrod]

change to dual wheel and you will probs need an engineers cert, as not a factory option on the swb van