onepointone

well.. i have a gsl rear end, but i was never really comfortable having 3 threads holding on my rear wheels. so i pulled some lug bolts of a vw because they were longer, it have me 5-6 threads. well, friday, somehow they came loose, and luckily the car fell in my work parking lot instead of going down the road at 45mph. i took a bolt out of each wheel, and put them on after work (12am) and babied her home. well, my dad thought of converting to studs since i wouldnt be able to autox with less than 3 threads holding my rear wheels on, much less drive safely on the street. so at the junkyard, they had 2 87 rx7's right next to each other. so we pulled the studs off of them (just 8 for the rears for now). it took all of 10 mins a wheel to take off the rotor, drill the threads out, pull the studs through, and put everything back together. it has alot more threads now and its easier to mount the wheels on now. im going to do the fronts eventually, but i REALLY needed to do the rears since when my tire fell off, it pulled threads out with it.

just thought iw ould share. it was definately worth the effort. i just didnt like how the rear was setup. it made me feel uncomfortable.

specRX7_22

the stud conversion is one of the easiest things to do. and as you said, it helps alot when mounting the wheel. i dont see why that isnt the first thing everyone does.

Pele

iTrader: (28)

The studs on the Second gens, They have a mushroom tip or something on the end that is behind the hub and rotor, right? Kinda like a bolt with a round head.

Or are they thread in straight studs like the stud conversion kits available for VW's and our cars?

MarkPerez

Your useing the lugs that were on those studs ?
and how many threads come out of the top of the lug nuts. I guess your wheels are stock .

onepointone

actually, i pulled random lugs off of cars in the junkyard till i can find something else. yea, my wheels are stock. its PLENTY of thread.

Maguire

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if you dont want to drill them out you can get the threaded studs too. Just put some loctite on the ends and screw em in. really easy to do. I bought a set here:

www.wheelcomponents.com

The website looks ghetto, but the product was good. Except the wheel locks. dont buy those, they are total junk.

1st7heaven

I went out and bought grade 8 allthread the OE thread pitch and had a machinist cut them to the length I wanted and turned a sholder on them to make it easier to thread the nuts on. I locktited them in and they have been good for years!!! All I do with the car is autocross.

Pele

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Nah.. I'd RATHER drill out the trheads and have a head on the rear end. Seems safer.

82transam

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i guess i'm missing something, why would you drill the threads out? can't you just screw the stud in from the back so it sticks out then just mount the wheel with a lug nut?

Pele

iTrader: (28)

Never replaced a stud in a car that normally comes with studs?

Imagine a bolt... But instead of being six sided, the head is round... The shaft of the bolt is all threaded, except the half inch right next to the head. That's got knurls or splines on it. It presses in from BEHIND the hub. The head keeps it from pulling through, the splines or knurls keep it from turning...

I think it's a lot more reliable than locktite.

82transam

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oh i got it. and no i've never really worked on much else besides my FB's. The Trans Am a little, but nothing very in depth.