[Tigers] Big problem

[Owain Lloyd]

happened to me on a number of occasions.  once in the tiger and another
time in my mercedes rally car.    both times, annoying, but no harm done.
a lot more 'disturbing' things have happened to me ;)

using new studs and accurately torquing the nuts with a torque wrench (and
rechecking them after a few miles) should prevent all but the most abusive
modes of failure (i.e. large sticky tires and an LSD).

even a wonderfully fat, mega strong stud will fail if under or over torqued.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jerry Mo Christopherson via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

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> Saw something disturbing a month or so ago.  On my way to a local “Cruise
> Night” at a burger shop, l passed an early Datsun 1600 (could have been the
> 2000) that was on the side of the road, the left rear wheel had fallen
> off.  It was clear all four lug nuts had  sheared off.  That got me
> thinking about our very old measly 7/16 studs and high powered (300+HP)
> engines.  Does anybody know the number of a particular 7/16 TRW stud that
> works on our flimsy little hubs without stretching the holes??  Most of the
> ones I have looked at the “knurling” on the base is much larger than the
> Knurling on the stock studs.  Pressing them in would certainly cause a lot
> of stress in an already weak part.  Drilling the hubs out so they would fit
> would be counterproductive.  Machining the Knurling down would work, but
> again counterproductive in my opinion.
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> Any ideas??
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> Jerry Christopherson
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