greggors84
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 01:00 AM |
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Wheel Studs
Just bought so OZ F1 Alloys. Got them for a bit of a bargain off ebay. They are 14" too, as i have decided to go for small wheels now.
I took a hub and disc along to make sure they fitted. I noticed the studs didnt come throught the holes loads. How many threads are needed to safely
secure the wheel nuts?
If they are too short is it easy to change the studs for longer ones. If so where can i get them from?
Thanks
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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millenniumtree
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 02:44 AM |
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Now, I'm no physicist, but I would measure the inside of a lug nut, and reject the wheel if the thread amount is less than half the depth of the
lug. I wouldn't feel that safe with less than that, but I dunno much about it really. :\
I saw a guy on the road with 2 lugnuts on a 4 lug wheel. One (or both) of the nuts were loose, and the wheel was wobbling around like crazy and was
about to fall off the car!! He was doing 60mph on the highway!!! That can't be good for the threads (or anything for that matter) 
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 05:54 AM |
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alloy wheel supliers or raldes will do longer studs,make sure you get the right type of nut as well,the studs are just knocked out with a hammer,pull
the new ones in with the nuts and a spacer 
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 07:01 AM |
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Rule of thumb is 1 1/2 x diameter of the stud should be covered by the thread
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Chris_R
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 08:30 AM |
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My bro put 17's on his last car (MKIII Golf GTi) with spacers, but didn't increase the length of the studs. On my way home from my parents
house one night I saw his car at the side of a slip road onto the A1, so I pulled over. 3 out of 4 of the studs had striped and the wheel was hanging
by a thread. Lucky he didn't make it onto the motorway and lucky it was a quite time of night.
Personally I'd want to see the stud appearing on the other side of the nut.
Cheers,
Chris.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/
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zilspeed
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 09:21 AM |
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This place here seems to have any amount of all sorts of sizes of studs, nuts etc.
Trackstore
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JAG
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 10:36 AM |
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I went to my local Ford dealer and talked to their spares guy.
They had dozens of different lengths.
He was very helpful and sold me 16 longer studs for about £10 - IIRC!
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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