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  1. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    I've got a set of spacers. Rusty isn't even on the low end of the spectrum
  2. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    Or take a 308ss rod and tack the insides. Take some quarter inch cold roll and bend it in a O the same as the lug pattern so it can be tacked to all the heads. It really depends on how often you plan on taking the tire off cause we know Murphys law he will show up when you don't need him to...
  3. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    Water(moisture), sand, mud always get in places that they don't belong. You could Teflon coat the outside. Even stainless steel in constant contact with regular steel will rust. Michigan was a salty place with lots of moisture atleast 8 months out of the year.
  4. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    You might want to double knurl those long studs so your spacer gets a knurl and it comes thru the hub a little more. First time they are a little rusty and you hit it with an impact that small inside knurl is going to give out and spin
  5. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    Use thimbles to dual up steer tires all the time. Thimbles get their strength from the stud as long as it's got half in the threads its fine
  6. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    You can also check the Euclid catalog for longer thimbles and put your thimbles on first wirh a flat spacer at the base over the stud then you wheel. You could probably use 1/2" sae L9 washers and get a thimbles that's a little longer than stock.
  7. simp5782

    Front stud length with spacer?

    They make a shouldered lug nut I do not know of any longer studs other than for a bridge truck and those are hens teeth.
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