Thread: Wheel Studs
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Old 07-11-2018, 03:45 PM   #60
Bobby DiDomenico
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Default Re: Wheel Studs

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Originally Posted by Dan Fahey View Post
It worked perfectly !
I knew exactly how much tolerance there was!
Pack the gum onto the hole around the half the stud.
Tighten the lugs..remove the wheel and measure the impression.
Just like you do with Cylinder Heads and questionable Valve Clearance.
Plastiguage is used for Measuring Crank Bearing tolerances.

It was simple and effective.
Get over it !
I was thinking stone age, like a wooden coffee stirrer and a pencil worst case.
You insert it thru the lug nut hole till it stops, mark it and compare to lug nut shank length. Gum????
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