I bought some TSW alloy's from Halfords some time ago, I thought I would just try them on the part built car today. The wheel studs seem too short, I can only get a couple of turns on the nuts. Has anybody else experienced this problem.
Barry

I replaced mine with longer ones...

They were a bit of a pig to get out, but got there in the end. I got the longer ones from Rally Design.

[Edited on 13/2/08 by Duncan_P]

just changed all mine for 13mm longer studs as i wasnt happy with the 4 turns mine were secured by
Rally design do various length studs, took an hour or so to change all 16

any one knows the limits??

wich tool did you use to undo the studs??

did you take off the hubs??

Tks

just remove the calipers and disc's then use a hammer to remove the studs and an old wheel nut backwards (taper side out) with some washers as spacers to draw the studs back into the hubs

i only had 4 full turns of the wheel nuts before which i was never happy with, i now have 9 or 10 turns at least which i feel is much safer (my wheel nuts are long also to take advantage of the longer studs)

[Edited on 13/2/08 by bigrich]

hammer

If it was me, and it was, I removed the half shafts or on the front would remove the hubs. Then press out using a big vice.

well worth doing this. a rear wheel nut once worked its way loose on our old car, the momentum of the wheel spinning threw it up in the air and forwards and as the car sped along it dropped only to be collected again by my chest!

always fit longer studs after that!

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Originally posted by 02GF74
hammer

If it was me, and it was, I removed the half shafts or on the front would remove the hubs. Then press out using a big vice.

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