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bigfoot4616 - 2/8/10 at 08:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by procomp
Hi one word of warning with fitting longer studs.

The plain section is longer and in some cases depending on the wheels being used it means that the nuts run out of thread on the stud before fully tightening the wheel properly.

Some times this is a verry close call and it dose seem the wheels are tight but are acctually only just nipped.

For a quick fix put the nut in a lathe and take out the first 2-3 threads to allow clearence over the plain section of studs.

cheers matt


with my new wheels i may have the problem mentioned above by matt, from measuring its very close but i would like to make sure i have a couple of mm spare.
one option is to put on some 3mm spacers but i would prefer not to go that route.

any other ideas? before i remove a couple of threads from the start of my wheel nuts as mentioned above by matt

snapper - 2/8/10 at 08:55 PM

No reason why you couldn't run a die down to lengthen the tread

You could look for some nuts with thicker built in washers

2cv - 2/8/10 at 08:57 PM

Is it not possible to die some more thread on the stud?

RazMan - 2/8/10 at 08:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bigfoot4616

any other ideas? before i remove a couple of threads from the start of my wheel nuts as mentioned above by matt


Use a spacer if you have to but please don't do that - You could seriously weaken your nuts. I have some standard Ford wheel studs which I will gladly send to you for the postage. Any good to you?

bigfoot4616 - 2/8/10 at 09:28 PM

the stud widens out at the end of the thread so can't run a die down it.


not sure how it can weaken the nuts, i'm only talking about removing 2/3 mm of thread from the start of a 25mm nut.

standard studs are to short, thanks for the offer though

RazMan - 2/8/10 at 10:39 PM

email Maps Ltd (maps.ltd@btinternet.com) They do all sorts of stud lengths at £3 a pop. There are cheaper sources as well but I can't remember at the moment.

bigfoot4616 - 3/8/10 at 07:21 AM

i've checked out quite a few suppliers and all of them have a longer non threaded part next to the splines when the length increases.
it isn't an issue on my superlites for road/wet track use but the cxr's i've just got to run slicks on are borderline

alistairolsen - 3/8/10 at 08:03 AM

I know youre not going to but for completeness if someone is searching, dont use a die on the threads. Id imagine they will be rolled and not cut threads and hence the use of a die would weaken them.

procomp - 3/8/10 at 05:39 PM

Hi

Trust me if there was another way round the problem we would have done it.


As for weakening the nut, well its not caused a problem in the last 30 years inc usage on some of the UK's roughest forest stages.

Cheers Matt

bigfoot4616 - 3/8/10 at 07:51 PM

i'm going to give it a go.
as its only for my track wheels i can easily keep an eye on them, not that i can foresee any problems


cheers