Lug nut help!
 

I have some of those aluminium style lug nuts but they dont fit on the 944's studs. they are too long. what gives?

Hmmm, need more info...

What year car, front axle, rear axle, what kind of wheels, what kind of lug nuts, pix of the problem???

Any clue you can give might be able to help us figure out what is wrong...

gb

of course you would ask that.

i have no idea. here is a pic.

simply i have some brakes from a 944, the studs are longer than the aluminium style nuts i have.
you can see the studs come all the way out to the end of the holes.
http://images7.fotki.com/v136/photos...1030845-vi.jpg
like what i got
http://www.huntel.net/nprkirk/6585a.jpg

Ah, that's a bit more information...

You can buy the steel lug nuts that don't have tops, or you can buy
spacers to put between the hub and the wheel to use the lug nuts that you have shown here...

gb

Or you can buy the correct length studs for your particular application.

Or a combination of all of the above.

Actually it's not the lug nuts but the studs, wheel hub depth and a spacer if required.

crap not what i wanted to hear!!!!!
there are no long nuts with caps? :)

i dont wanna change studs, and cant do spacers, look at my fender :(

Sorry, life's like that...

gb

I know on my 83 944 there are about 1" spacers between the brake rotors and the rims. Your brakes are off of a similar car. You will need to fit shorter studs in order to use the lug nuts you have.

Or if you want to donate those new lug nuts to the "speedracing944 wants new lug nuts fund" i would appreciate it. :)

good luck.

Speedy:)

maybe i can trade my rotors to someone who need long studs?

what about drilling out the front of the lug nuts so the end goest all the way through?

that would not look cool

what about pulling the studs out and shortening them by turning them on a lathe? If you have access to a lathe and 2 hours time it could be done easily.

i am trying to think of "inexpensive" sugestions

i wish you luck

Speedy:)

what about just cutting the ends of the studs off with a saws-all? :P

If the studs are hardened, would probably be best to cut them with a cutoff wheel and lots of coolant. Don't want to mess with the properties of the metal for something so important.

nate

If you can get the studs out to cut them you can replace them with shorter as is the correct methode.

If you cut them, I would run a die onto the stud first. That way you have a method of straightening out the boogered threads.

I always do this when I have to cut a bolt. Otherwise it's harder to get the nut started.

absolutely, also knock the corner off on a grinding wheel if they are out of the hub, before you run the die on, this will help getting the nuts started.

nate

who said pull them out before cutting? :)