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Since you appear to be a machinist (3 Axis - WS or Slant 6 or ?), it makes the wheels easier to mount. I'm sure you have tried to put the 4 bolt ones on, juggling the tire/wheel balanced on your legs.
Not being a metalurgist or automotive engineer, I would trust studs more as I believe they would provide a stronger mount (pure conjecture). The flange is "thin" in the area you would thread, so the "thread capture" would be less than if you had full threads on a stud. I like a full nut of threads, not a 1/2 nut of threads for the stress a wheel sees. To me, a bolt could "pull" the threads under stress and whooope! Less of a chance with studs.
Note that the front rotor/hub "flange" mount is much thicker than the rear flange. Nuff said?
I'll crawl back into my cave now!
Ron
Stud diameter (OD threads) is 0.550"
Hole diameter in wheels is 0.560+
Looks like 1/2" SAE would work, otherwise it's the dealer (unless you local parts store sells metric).
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Last edited by Ron Meier; 08-05-2002 at 11:25 AM..
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