Trick to install longer wheel studs???

[RM1SepEx]

I had to pop out my wheel studs as I need 15 mm spacers to move my stock wheels out a bit. While the OEM studs pop right through the new, longer studs don't quite slide by the hub etc...

Is there a trick to get them in without my disassembling the front axles? Perhaps grind a wee bit off of the rear face on one edge to allow them to slide by?

[metros]

That's one option that has been documented on nasioc if you want pictures. Iirc he took the slightest amount off and was able to make it work.

[metalmaker12]

Exactly, grind off the rear edge of the stud base

[Goldwing]

50mm (+10mm) went on rather easily. I didn't have much trouble. How long are the problematic studs? I foresee a possibility of longer, once the body is on I'll decide on that.

The rears on the other hand seem to be more trouble than it has to be.

[RM1SepEx]

I had to go 55MM (I cut longer ones off) for my 15 mm spacers. In the rear I had to space 1.5 inches to get stock wheels to fill the wheel wells and the spacers bolt on and have their own offset lug bolts

[Goldwing]

Funny how 5 mm makes such a difference. I remember finding a few spots around the upright easier to insert the stud from, so I guess it was getting close. I swapped the fronts in February, but had to wait to do the rears in June with a mysterious 5 month backorder for the second set of spacers. In the rear , that style of spacer is likely easier. It isn't hard to swap them in back, but rather a pain. You have to disassemble the ebrake drum brakes and unbolt the wheel speed sensor to get at them. I scored a pair of 25mm spacers just in case from the clearance section of Summit. Once the body is on, I'll settle on which I'll use.

[RM1SepEx]

it is sooooo close, might slide by with a little tap, but it could damage that first thread. Who knows, perhaps a thread or two shorter would be fine... or a slightly bigger chamfer...

[Jaime]

Grind the head down to 18mm and insert it through the ABS sensor hole.

[bossman43]

Grind the head down to 18mm and insert it through the ABS sensor hole.

I've heard of this working for the rears. Grind down the diameter of the inside end of the stud and install through the ABS sensor hole (after temporarily removing the ABS sensor). I thought this would work for me, but the ABS tone wheel blocking the back of the studs seemed to make this impossible. I ended up completely disassembling the rears to install long ARP studs. P.I.T.A.

[RM1SepEx]

I'm doing the fronts, I have no ABS or tone wheels, just aluminum covers bolted over the hole. I think if I flatten the edge of the "head" of the lug, I can slide it by... I'll attempt the deed tomorrow...