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wheel studs??

Posted: April 26, 2010, 8:56 pm
by Anthony
need new studs to use the aluminum wheels I have or I will have to sell them... :cry: I will have to go with a steel wheel like a spoke or something similar... my studs are 1/2"-20 X 2 1/4" they have a .608 knurl on a 15/16" shoulder. I need them between 2 3/4" and 3". I only have about half a lug nut on the current studs with the aluminum wheels.

Does anyone know of a source for studs??? If so, let me know... Thanks guys....

Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:11 pm
by Paul Merrell
Anthony I have lug nut that have a shoulder on it and they fit in the rim holes. Mine can be a pain to put on cause you have to get all the nuts installed before you tighten. I don't have a pic of the lug nuts.

Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:14 pm
by Paul Merrell

Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:16 pm
by Anthony
Paul, my rims are off a 94 F-250. don't those lug nuts use a washer?? my rims are beveled for the beveled lugnuts to fit into. I don't know if that type of nut would work. I have thought of them though. Thought about taking the hub, drum and wheel to a wheel/tire shop and asking what to use??? I am really so lost on this... :cry:

Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:24 pm
by Paul Merrell
Well I hoped that maybe could work but it may not.

Posted: April 27, 2010, 1:52 pm
by Riverside Racer
I don't know what wheels, lug nuts or brakes you're running. So I'll just throw this out to ya.

I bought these ARP studs for My Galaxie Stock car project.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ARP-100-7707/

These are the only ones with the long Knurled section that press in and fit early Mustang and Galaxie front Disc brake applications I was able to find.

You can start them with a lug nut and try to pull them in all the way, but it's way easier to have someone press them in ALL the way. Loose wheels suck!

Posted: April 27, 2010, 7:53 pm
by Anthony
I am running stock discs up front with dual piston calipers for the '76 F250 4X4 with a dana 44 full time 4wd front and a dana 60 rear with 2 1/2" drums. The knurl is .608 and the catalogs only show the one stud...(auto Zone, advance, napa, and KOI) I found a longer stud but I am going to have to redrill the hubs a little bigger to accept it. It is dorman 610-651, 1/2"-20 X 2 11/32" with .651" knurl and 15/16 shoulder. I need to open the hubs up .043 to accept the new studs..... the originals are a dorman 610-279, 1/2"-20 X 2 1/4" with a .608" knurl and 15/16 shoulder. This is the only way I see to get the job done.
If anyone has any other ideas, let me know. I will be doing this by next week.... thanks guys...