upgrade from 10 inch rims to 13 on 1988 cub cruiser problems

[reever dee]

hi everyone Ive been given some 13 inch rims and new tyres and i want to fit to them to my 88 cub cruiser trailer,  it currently has these tiny 10 inch cheese cutter rims on at the moment and i had a bit of trouble removing them due to no space ...  how the hell am i going to fit these larger rims and tyres on any one overcome this problem or can point me in the right direction ?  any help appreciated , your  help over the last has been great thanks Reever

[Green rv]

Hi Reever

firstly are they the same stud pattern

 
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[edz]

You might get away with an axle flip to sring over the top, how do you go for clearance from the axle  hub face to chassis / spring / bodywork with the new rims / tires  ... Make up and weld in extended drop hangers for your springs  or an even better way would be to do like Miazzora has and fit a cut out larger guard http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=7097.0
Remember this link , sure he went up from 10's to 14's with his drifter http://s1252.photobucket.com/user/justahobby1/library/?sort=2&page=1

[AdrianLR]

I vaguely remember we had 13s on the Drifter. I had to flip the axle to stop then rubbing the guards when loaded. The guards had already been replaced when we bought it but the problem as to why the original ones wore out wasn't addressed