Keep beaking wheel studs

TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
I have OEM Z06 wheels and have a 1" spacer in the back. Everytime I turn around I am snapping the studs off of these damn things. Its more with the drvier side but have ahd to replace ALL original studs. I broke three of my "new" studs today and had to limp home. Luckily I was just down the street. Has anyone else had this problem?
 
willyson

willyson

trollin'
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

you might be getting chinese grade steel studs. have you tried running without spacers?
 
Xtrempickup

Xtrempickup

All turbo All the time
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

have you been running the long wheel studs like for racing a 10sec car? those i would think is what you should have with that size spacer
 
willyson

willyson

trollin'
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

Xtrempickup said:
have you been running the long wheel studs like for racing a 10sec car? those i would think is what you should have with that size spacer
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where can you find the long studs?? ive looked everywhere for them
 
Flyin Ryan

Flyin Ryan

hated cuz he drives fords
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

I have 1.25" billet spacers in the back and haven't had this problem... yet
 
ed hess

ed hess

race or get outta the way
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

i use the longer studs... think i got them from arp.

make sure your using the correct wheel nuts.

acorn vs shank style.
 
TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

Ed, have a part # by chance? I assume this would allow me to use the spacers with no extra studs? Ive got to do something because this is getting old. The original studs are definately cheesy.
 
Xtrempickup

Xtrempickup

All turbo All the time
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

as far as i know, any stud that has longer length same thread, whether its chevy or not, you can get studs from auto parts places or other them from racing parts places as far as i know. how do you think all these cars get into the 10s, The studs on them are like double the length i think here in NJ its required of any vehicle going 10s or faster i think or was it 11s
 
autoaddictions

autoaddictions

Active member
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

Take off one of your lugs take a pic and post it up. I had a stripping problem on mine i had to use different lugs they where bottoming out a touch and pushing up against the spacer streching the studs and stripping them. If they where a bit longer they would also break the studs.
 
C

canuck

New member
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

lm using 2inch adapters on my s-10. spacers are risky at one inch and stress out the stud. do they break at the base or half way up the stud. my adapters recommend 80lbs of torque per stud.

consider switching to a adapter. skulte.com
 
ed hess

ed hess

race or get outta the way
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

just look in their online catalog on their website or call em up.

ed
 
Houseofperformance

Houseofperformance

switchhappy!!!
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

if you need 1 inch or more spacing i would reconmend a spacer of this design:
hubspacer.jpg
 
S

syntax

Member
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

Seriously, ditch the spacers asap, a longer stud wont help your problem, spacers just move the stress point on the stud out further and causes more leverage to be applied to the stud breaking them, what you need is a hubcentric wheel adapter, this mounts on the hub and uses a new set of lugs to mount the wheel to, this prevents either set of studs from seeing more leverage than they are designed for.
 
TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

I use what you are talking about. So far, I haven't had any issues yet since I had them fixed again. It has involved about a week of re-torquing. Had to check them every day. My ultimate solution is going to be to get a different rear end to eliminate the spacers altogether. One thing I notice, is that my rear wheel wobbles on the spacer, not sure if the wheel hub is bent or the spacers suck? Ill figure it out on of these days soon here.
 
Silly

Silly

Banned
Re: Keep beaking wheel studs

spacers suck plain and simple

Shoot me a PM if you really want to ditch your rear end. I got a heavily built 9" that is stock dimensions and offsets.
 
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