H1 Wheel studs

[Fancy]

So i had a bookmark for a website that sold The wheel studs for H1 for under a dollar i think it was like 40-50 cents each. Any way my computer crashed and i have searched for two hours and can't find the site or any cheap place at all for that matter can you help me? I need a set of 48! O ya and if anyone wants my old ones let me know!

Also someone on here mention using a shorter stud so that when tightened down it didn't stick out past the nut so far. has anyone ever been in a situation where a shorter stud is not desirable? Dose it make it harder when changing tires?

 

[blazinzuk]

I have cut off bolts and used them before, you just cut part of the head off so they don't spin and hold them up while you tighten the nut down, that was the cheapest way I have found.

I have never seen the studs for much less than 1.50 each.

 

[Fancy]

Ya thats why i bookmarked it i never saw anything this cheap my other option i was thinking was ordering through like summit and getting custom shorter studs so the extra length isn't so far past the stud when all tighten down.

 

[Blue85]

I would say to line up the wheel tire and runflat/insert and see how much thread is sticking out before you start the nuts on. You do need some extra length to get them started. My gripe with the long studs is that they rust. I have been thinking of just coating them with antisieze for corrosion protection.

The best prices I've seen on the studs and nuts is on eBay. Make sure you get extras when you order. I have already replaced a couple of studs that snapped while the truck was sitting around. Generally, the nut is lost.

 

[Fancy]

Thanks blue that helped alot! I found special coated bolts so hopefully no rust I was hoping to find the same studs. I guess if the rust anyway I might as well use my old one sand blast them and coat them!

 

[Blue85]

Somebody check my math...

area of a 37" sidewall - 16.5" wheel = 861 in^2
28psi --> 24,000 lbs
8 bolts --> 3,000 lbs/bolt.

Of course, you really have that force on both sides of the tire, doubling the load. But you also have tensile force from the tread surface. That calculation would be complicated, but I suppose it cuts the force about in half, making the numbers above close. However, you ALSO have the force required to squish the tire beads into the runflat/insert.

Anybody know some better equations for this?

Moral of the story - use good hardware here and NEVER disassemble a wheel with air in it.