Another quick stud Q

[tigran]

Just a quickie really, need to space the front wheels out a bit on the capri as they are not clearing the strut, are these spacers safe to use?



Fankoo.

[slater]

Hard to say, design looks ok but theres no way to tell how strong the studs are, they don't look to be made in the same way as normal studs are, (they would normaly look grey from where they have been heat treated)

Then again they might be fine

Engineering is diffacult when you don't know all the facts

[madmart]

are they e marked or tuv approved? i agree with slater about the studs. on ebay they sell longer studs and spacers there the same as a mk2 escort sierra ect.

[akku]

I'm always suspicious of spacers and adaptors. I know loads of people have used them sucessfully and all that, but they still make me a little wary, even of they are "good ones"

[tigran]

They are cheap enough to buy a set and see how they're made up/take em to a local engineering firm to see what they say.

Will ask about the tuv approvedness of em.

[Pillock]

tigran - can you let me know where they're from, and if you get some and they turn out to be OK? Looks like what I need for the Mongdeo (still 4x108 I assume...).

[tigran]

I'm now trying to figure out what length of stuf the capri is running as i have found these (better looking) spacers also, plus much cheaper:

These uns



Any ideas?

*mumbled apology for being a douche bag*

p.s. i have trauled google for the stud size - nowt.

[slater]

No way to those 2nd ones, they are made from something closer to cheese than metal, avoid at all costs

[tigran]

Righto then.

*reverts back to other uns*

[tigran]

*does a bit of thread necrophilia*

Are studs welded to the hub at the front or do they go through the hub and are secured from the 'back' of the hub?

[VW]

studs usually either screw in, or push in from the back.

[tigran]

Ree-eealy.

I'll go check it out tonight - I always thought they were weld in.

[VW]

not on anything ive seen, although i know nothing about ford ;D

[VW]

These are ford, they are press fit. You see the wide smooth bit, thats goes through the hub, the knurled bit is what keeps em tight and the lip stops em pulling through.
Take the hub off and hit the studs back through with a hammer, shuld just pop out. You may not even have to take the hubs off, as i say, i know nothing about fords.

[tigran]

Thanks a lot for the advice

I'll get on the case tonight.

*looks forward to finally getting the revo's on the front*

[TwincamGTi]

Yep a lot of studs are 'pushed in' to the hub as they are splined.

You could fit longer studs in to the hub (correct way) and buy say OMP spacers (expensive) but usually original studs that have been in 20/30+ year will probably be rusted in due to age etc.

[tigran]

Yeah the reason I am doing it is to get some longer studs in so that I can get the chuffing spacers on and get the revo's on the front. Fed up of aquaplaining all over the road whilst I have brand new F1's sitting on the 15's at home but which can't clear the strut.

Have decided to find some hub type spacers as well - ones that are machined to sit on the hub as well as on the studs.