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Old 05-23-2007, 07:19 AM
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Wheel studs!

This past weekend, I ended up cross-threading 4 wheel studs when swapping tires after the Danville event. Decided it was time to pick up some open-ended steel lug nuts asap, and swap out the wheel studs on my own.

New open-ended tapered lug nut vs stock lug nut:


The driver's side rear wheel was the worst with 2 cross-threaded studs:


All in all it took me and Michael ~2 hours to replace all four - the front two (one per side) were a 15 minute job each, but the back two took forever as the parking brake mechanism makes it difficult to swap wheel studs in and out of the hub (a long, thin magnet is your best friend!).

Many thanks to Michael (Mimmsey) who helped me swap out the wheel studs yesterday as well as Tom (svxfiles) who gave me a run down of what to do the night before. Also, thanks to Andrew (Amazonparrot) who stopped by to lend moral support.
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