wheel studs

http://precisionproformance.com/wt2030.php

I recognized it right off? Too bad there are no dimensions on it though?

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http://precisionproformance.com/wt2030.php

FIFTEEN.....DOLLARS......EACH

I just sprayed wd40 on a rear axle hub. do I just wack the lugnut and pray?

I don't know if I'll get the oppertunity tommorow to take the axle some place solid to try and remove one.

Pray that you don't hit your thumb with the hammer?

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Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:

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http://precisionproformance.com/wt2030.php

FIFTEEN.....DOLLARS......EACH

How many Lire is that?

spline od .596, length .375

OD at hat .668, length .280

overall length 2.245, length without head 2.080

...and it's the lug nut STUD that you want to whack.

If you whack the lugnut while holding it you will wind up in the Emergency Room for sure.

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Originally posted by ZR1 Pantera:
spline od .596, length .375

OD at hat .668, length .280

overall length 2.245, length without head 2.080

THANK YOU CHRIS! Do you know what stud to use for the longer comp lugs? ARP doesn't seem to list them?

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Originally posted by ZR1 Pantera:
spline od .596, length .375

OD at hat .668, length .280

overall length 2.245, length without head 2.080

At$15 each, I ain't going to be wacking them with a hammer!

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Originally posted by JFB #05177:

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Originally posted by ZR1 Pantera:
spline od .596, length .375

OD at hat .668, length .280

overall length 2.245, length without head 2.080

Thank you. I will let you all know if anything pans out but, frankly...it doesn't look promissing at all?

my googling for possible sources, I found other forum discussion about ARP making custom studs.

another tidbit I "learned" was a ARP comment "Do NOT clean threads with a die." Cleaning the stud with a die nut is part of my norm

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Originally posted by JFB #05177:
my googling for possible sources, I found other forum discussion about ARP making custom studs.

another tidbit I "learned" was a ARP comment "Do NOT clean threads with a die." Cleaning the stud with a die nut is part of my norm

They cut their threads with a roller device, not a die.

A die will cause microscopic fracture lines.

I haven't talked to any racers using long studs on a Pantera but I would presume that they have changed over to a Mustang 1/2"-20 variant?

Dorman makes a bunch of studs as well. I couldn't find the correct combination for them on my GT350 and wound up with ARP's on the front WITH the long Shelby lug nuts so that worked out.

GR-4 & GT-4 racers used competition versions of Campagnolos which had thicker mounting flanges, so the wheel studs are longer. How much longer and where one can find them today, dunno. It may be that GT-5 studs are longer, too but I've never checked. Maybe a couple of the big vendors could measure; Les Gray may have a source since he's still restoring his GT-4. If you use real GR-4 parts, $15 ea will likely be a bargain....

Look at the wheel studs & ALL the machining involved!!!

$15.00 apiece is a "Give-a-way"!

You would need to compare the prices to the ARP's to get an idea what is fair value?
Unfortunately they do not make Pantera studs at all.

$15 each is not cheap BUT I did pay $150 for 10 for the front of the Shelby.

Those fit well and I am glad that I did. A lost wheel on that car will cause a lot more than 150 in damages AS IS THE CASE WITH a Pantera for sure?

I think that I am border line now with the stock studs and nuts.

It would not be a bad idea to go to the longer comp studs and lug nuts.

You don't know when these things have saved you. Only that they didn't.

These are the long studs on the back of the Shelby which are made by Strange.

HEY Doug; That RUSTY, OLD pot metal jack stand could also cause Waaaaaaaaay More damage then the cost of a couple of new ones!...

http://www.northerntool.com/sh...qnjx1hxIIaAkL38P8HAQ

It isn't rust that you see, it's experience.

When "1" of my rusty body parts doesn't work like it should...I'll tell my younger Japanese Girlfriend...

"Blame it on experience" or if lasting longer than 4 hours.