NoDakMopar
Active Member
I just discovered something I had never heard before. I have a 1970 D100. When I bought this truck it had after market wheels on it. I wanted a look closer to factory, so I went to the local wrecking yard and found a set of wheels and dog-dish caps from that year. Since installing them I have had a problem with power steering leaks from the hoses mounted outside the frame in the driver's wheel well. The wheel rubs on the hoses when turning hard left. My mechanic was able to find someone locally to make me new hoses (for $600). Just by chance, when he was installing them, a fellow well versed in wheels was in his shop and looked at my truck. It seems the wheels I installed were VAN wheels and have a one inch different offset from pickup wheels. That's why they rub the hoses. He suggested installing a one inch spacer to cure to problem.