Comment: Toyota Wheel Studs - Replacing the standard 78/79 series studs with cus

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Toyota Wheel Studs - Replacing the standard 78/79 series studs with custom made, high tensile units

I suffered a couple of setbacks on the 2010 desert trip that left me asking some serious questions about the quality of the products I was using. On one occasion I had a wheel almost separate.

Joe n Mel

Good write up, but i will go out on a limb and say it is very possible it was not the "gap" that caused it, yes there will be people out there with far more experiance than me but it is common to have that "gap", you will also find some rims dont seat tight on the hubs in the center and rely completely on the taper of the nuts to hold it in place, with six nuts/studs clamped up to tension there is a fair bit of pressure applied the the faces and it should hold it all in place, the only way it could wear like that is i would say a faulty rim .... anyway it sounds like you will have an even better system now so it is good..
Cheers
Joe

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Reply By: Mick O - Wednesday, Mar 04, 2015 at 01:07

Wednesday, Mar 04, 2015 at 01:07

Thanks Joe. You are right in that the gap wasn't the issue, in the blog I am merely outlining my surprise to find such a large amount of play around the studs. This "could" be a problem so one of my aims in have the studs made was to knock down that space as much as possible providing less room for the disc rotors to rotate. I'm pretty sure that the poor quality of the rim was a major factor for the damage to itself. As mentioned the holes were almost straight edged and had no chamfer to allow the nuts to pull in tight. Quality for me now that's for sure.

Cheers

Mick