I race my current car on stock 3/8ths studs, and I guarantee they're seeing
plenty of stress & load. Never has been a problem. (I used to be able to go
thru 5 axles on a race weekend before getting double bearing hubs though...)
Of course, it's rare that I'm doing a rabbit start clutch dump like many of
you 1275 street guys might do while trying to show off and hold off some
rice burner at a stop light. The failure you have might be as a result of
that. My experience is that the loads under (seriously) heavy cornering have
no effect on the stock studs.
I've had other cars with 7/6ths studs, which increases your chances of
finding lug nuts for race mags at any local parts place. The 3/8ths fine
shouldered lug nuts for American Racing mags, etc seem to be made of
unobtanium nowadays.
WST
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jackson Zimmermann
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:19 AM
To: 'nase@ptd.net'; 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: Bugeye rear wheel studs
Yep, I beat them out as well.
IMHO, original stock studs are an accident waiting to happen. When I
purchased my car ~12 years ago, it appeared to be working just fine. In
reality, it had 4 broken studs, 2 on a single rear wheel. The small studs
are comparatively easy to fatigue with unregulated air tools and are
probably pretty stressed with modern sticky tires on wider rims. While
replacing them with larger studs is not super easy, its not too hard either.
In the least, I would replace ALL the studs with new ones, that have not
been fatigued.
Jackson Zimmermann
'64 Sprite (1275 & 5-speed, hoping to get on the road again soon...)
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