Help me out here, I can't figure out the best way to do this.
My front wheel studs are stock (7/16" thread), but my rear ones are from a 3/4-ton (9/16" thread). Both are 6-lug. Well I'm getting a new set of aluminum wheels with new, bigger rubber (oh, happy, happy day!) and the 9/16" threads won't fit through. I had been thinking before that maybe I would make the front ones bigger, but now I will have to make the rear ones smaller. I called Mickey Thompson and asked if I could use 1/2" threads and they said Yes, which is good, because nobody seems to make a wheel stud with 7/16" thread and the bigger .62" knurl. I think I have found a 1/2" thread one that will work.
The real dilemna is with the front, though. The stud has to have some empty shoulder and then kurling about 1/4" away from the head and nobody makes one just like that with anything but 7/16" thread. I know that I have heard of guys "upgrading" their front wheel studs. What kind of stud are you using and did you have to drill the hub & rotor? Otherwise I'm just gonna have to have different lugs/studs in the front and back.
<font color=green>Top signs you don't have a real 4x4:
4) Twin Traction Beam
3) Made by D.C.
2) 5 lug nuts
1) Unibody</font color=green>
My front wheel studs are stock (7/16" thread), but my rear ones are from a 3/4-ton (9/16" thread). Both are 6-lug. Well I'm getting a new set of aluminum wheels with new, bigger rubber (oh, happy, happy day!) and the 9/16" threads won't fit through. I had been thinking before that maybe I would make the front ones bigger, but now I will have to make the rear ones smaller. I called Mickey Thompson and asked if I could use 1/2" threads and they said Yes, which is good, because nobody seems to make a wheel stud with 7/16" thread and the bigger .62" knurl. I think I have found a 1/2" thread one that will work.
The real dilemna is with the front, though. The stud has to have some empty shoulder and then kurling about 1/4" away from the head and nobody makes one just like that with anything but 7/16" thread. I know that I have heard of guys "upgrading" their front wheel studs. What kind of stud are you using and did you have to drill the hub & rotor? Otherwise I'm just gonna have to have different lugs/studs in the front and back.
<font color=green>Top signs you don't have a real 4x4:
4) Twin Traction Beam
3) Made by D.C.
2) 5 lug nuts
1) Unibody</font color=green>
