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Re: [TR] peening rear wheel studs

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Subject: Re: [TR] peening rear wheel studs
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:19:58 EDT
In a message dated 7/17/2010 5:08:27 PM Central Daylight Time, 
Catpusher@aol.com writes: 
> Brad,
> 
> Use extreme caution.  I tried to peen disk wheel studs on my TR3 (with  
> late rear axle assy) and the metal was too hard.  I took the  
> hub/halfshaft 
> assemblies to a welding shop, asking if the stud metal was OK  to weld.  
> They 
> put a nice bead on the backside of all 8 studs.   After a few miles and 
> one 
> track session , one broke and a second one was loose  because it was 
> cracked.
> 
> Hardy
> 

Sounds like a jpb for threadlocker.

Dave

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