[s-cars] Re: Wheel Stud Conversions

[Mike Sylvester]

Or you could just use the wheel hanger that comes with the car in the tool
kit.
If it is lost, you can buy one from the dealer for $8.

Mike Sylvester

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Kneale Brownson  wrote:
Jeeze, $15.  I just bought a long bolt at a hardware store, cut off the
head and used a hacksaw to put a screwdriver slot in the end for easy
removal.  I bet I have $2 into it at most, including the gas to drive to
the hardware.


At 01:15 PM 10/3/2004 -0400, Bluemaxww1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I saved the trouble by buying stainless steel wheel hangers.
>
>_http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread?id=1590134_
>(http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread?id=1590134)
>
>I use them to hang the rotor when I change them out.  I use them to  put on
>the wheels, of course.  Makes the whole job easier.
>
>I thought about wheel studs, but for me I figured it was more trouble and
>cost.  Both sets of wheels I use are ball type. But for one set I need  to
use
>spacers.  Not much but just enough.  One set of wheels  also has exposed
>lugs.
>With the hanger I can still use the longer  lugs for the wheels that don't
>need the spacers.  If I had studs, I  would not have the option of using
acorn
>nuts.  Then the  wheel without a lug cover would have exposed studs.  Cool
if
>you are a  racer, not if you run a street car.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>Greg
>