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5/8" wheel studs

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#1 ·
Has anyone here ever installed a set into your ram? I am looking at doing it to my truck to better fit my rims and i know i can do it i just figured i would ask first. for the front all i have to do is pull the spacers and re drill them on a press, its the back im worried about without pulling the axle. I of coarse need to find a way to make sure i can drill the holes out straight.
 
#2 ·
???

Changing wheel studs because your rims don't fit isn't the correct approach to it. How do you figure it would fix the problem? The rims are centered w/ tapered lug nuts, you put bigger studs it won't seat itself that same.

And also... 5/8" wheel studs are huge... 3/4 and 1 ton dodges don't even have those.. they use 9/16"

MIke.
 
#3 ·
PetersonT.R. said:
Has anyone here ever installed a set into your ram? I am looking at doing it to my truck to better fit my rims and i know i can do it i just figured i would ask first. for the front all i have to do is pull the spacers and re drill them on a press, its the back im worried about without pulling the axle. I of coarse need to find a way to make sure i can drill the holes out straight.
You need one of these. You hammer the old stud out. This locates off the exisitng hole. You then clamp the red fixture with a C clamp and drill the new oversize hole. The device aligns the drill bit and keeps it at right angles and prevents the drill bit from wondering.
 
#4 ·
Mikeg1005 said:
???

Changing wheel studs because your rims don't fit isn't the correct approach to it. How do you figure it would fix the problem? The rims are centered w/ tapered lug nuts, you put bigger studs it won't seat itself that same.

And also... 5/8" wheel studs are huge... 3/4 and 1 ton dodges don't even have those.. they use 9/16"

MIke.
+1

I don't understand why you'd even want to do this.
 
#5 ·
Im doing this because i have rims off of a tow truck on my truck. And no $hit the one and 3/4 tons only have 9/16" anyone with one of these trucks should know that. the lug holes are larger on these rims so therefore to properly mount them i need 5/8 lugs. I managed to center them on my 9/16" lugs but i dont want to have to center them everytime.
 
#6 ·
Sooo.... you took wheels off one vehicle and put them on a vehicle they weren't designed for and then after they didn't work you ghetto rigged them to work?

Hey w/e to each his own, but someone designed those rims to be ran w/ larger lug studs for a reason you know?

I'd get new rims... that way when you have to get a new hub or something you don't have to go back and do it again, or if you drill your holes wrong have to replace the hub.

IDK... maybe to others it makes sense but it just sounds like a retarded idea to me.

MIke.
 
#7 ·
Firstly, i think you would be wise to calm down with the smart *ss reponses to one of only two guys that have chimed in with feedback or thoughts. Keep it up and see what kind of responses people give you.

If i am reading this correctly (given you wrote about taking spacers off) you have a one ton dually now?

there are various styles of lug nuts, some with a substantially larger bulge at the tapered face where the lug nut meets the wheel. I would much sooner do a little research in trying to obtain some of these before going about what you're proposing.

Also, as Mike noted, why not just simply get a wheel that fits better? with various sources for buying, selling and/or trading vehicle parts, i'm sure you could easily source a set of wheels (oem or aftermarket) on the cheap.
 
#8 ·
What kind of truck do you have now? What kind of truck did your wheels come off of? Are you trying to install semi or some other 10 lug wheels onto your truck by just redrilling your existing hub or what?

Give us some details.
 
#9 ·


Hes got a 2500 gasser, those are the wheels pictured, his profile says hes running H2s, and now hes got tow truck rims of some sort so I really don't know whats going on, original post didn't really give any info.

MIke.
 
#10 ·
I put on a set of 19.5" rims with the 8x6.5 lug pattern. I had to open the centers up to fit the truck since they are designed to go onto an axle with the 4.5" center. The rims use a flat style lug nut so i used a set of grade 8 washers and nuts. They arent ghetto rigged, I just have to take awhile to make asure they are centered before i crank the nuts. Im not worried about if i have to replace a hub cause i have two other vehicles to drive, so if one goes out i just simply park it till i get the new one and drill that one as well. I know it may seem like a big pain in the @$$ but i like to be different. If everyone with a dually has chrome rims, i want black ones... its just my thought process. I wasnt trying to be a smart ass its just annoying when someone tells you an idea is stupid without knowing who you are or what the point is behind the idea. I appologize.
 
#11 ·
Are the rims designed to use a 5/8 or 9/16 lug stud?

If I'm not mistaken, the rims w/ the flat lug holes(that do not use tapered lug nuts) are designed to be centred via the center hole in the rim(on the hub)... where as standard rims use tapered lug nuts and are cented via the lug nut... if thats the case, then regardless of what stud you have it won't center correctly.

MIke.
 
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