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Re: wheel studs

To: "Chip Kigar" <ckigar@sound.net>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: wheel studs
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:29:23 -0400
At 08:42 PM 10/25/2000 -0500, Chip Kigar wrote:
>My next concern in with the wheel studs.  One of them FELL OUT a few minutes
>ago.  It seems to have been a press fit.


That's right.

>Should I be concerned?  Will the
>lug nut draw it safely back into place?

The lug nut will draw it back in place.  But maybe you want to replace it 
anyway.

Talking with Ted Schumacher last month, he suggests having wheel studs tack 
welded in.

Regards,

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA

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