up graded wheel studs?

dogboy

uk typhoon
hi all im looking for a supplier of wheel studs,pref one that ships to the uk, ive broken 2 already seems they are a weak spot is there an up grade? cheers for info mike
 

dogboy

uk typhoon
Re: up graded wheel studs?

yep was just about to post about ARP,they have a list of fittments but syty's don't appear so im off to my bud's engineering works to get the busted stud measured up unless someone can come up witha part number? also found ARP has 2-3 uk suppliers main one i guess would be real steel tel 01895 440505 ill let you know if i can get a match mike :tup:
 

CarbonFiber AWD

Donating Member
Re: up graded wheel studs?

I searched for Broken wheel studs and this old thread came up.

I just wanted to say that I recently bought and installed some of the newer Vette style 18x9.5 wheels and used the accompanying lugnuts which were a capped/crowned nut.
My rears used a bolt-on wheel spacer adapter.

The end result was.....3 broken front left studs broken clean nearest the rotor face. And prior I noted that the lugnuts kept loosening even though torqued and I had triple checked hub centric rubbing/obstructions.
They finally just snapped and really gave no hard evidence other than a squaking noise that I could hear when driving next to a tall curb or wall.

The problem was simply that the new wheels have a deeper boss thickness and consume about 1/2" more of the factory OEM stud length.I only really noted this when I used a factory lugnut with the open hole face.:oops:

So I bought 10 1'2" longer studs from O'reilly's ( in stock)...for 1.49$ each and swapped them all out in about 2.5 hours with a press.

Could have been a bad corner wreck if I hadn't inspected when I did .

Hope this helps some of you avoid the same fate.
 
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