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mtnmice · 02-14-2013, 09:32 AM

I have a drum/hub coming that the seller has said the studs "need chasing". I want to have the die in hand when the hub arrives. Could someone give me the size and thread count so I only have to buy it once?

Baby has been up on jack stands for two weeks now and it has been about the longest two weeks in my life! Talk about withdrawal...

Larry

SLPreston53 · 02-14-2013, 10:10 AM

I believe it is 1/2 - 20.

Jim Brierley · 02-14-2013, 11:15 AM

It is!

Rich in Tucson · 02-14-2013, 04:22 PM

As a suggestion, you might take a hard lug nut of the right size and slit it along its axis to chase the studs. A die, unless well worn, may remove more metal than one would like (zero sounds about right to me) on studs while the slit nut can "reform" the threads without removing metal. You can run the slit nut over the threads loosely to start and then follow with some compression on it across the slit to have a greater effect.

Jazzjr · 02-14-2013, 04:41 PM

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Rich in Tucson, is right on in his Post above.
I learned along time ago, taught to me by a US Army Sargent, in Viet Nam, that using a die to chase Threads cuts off Metal, rather than straightening out threads.
Go to NAPA, Sears or Snap-on etc.. and buy a set, or indivual piece, of what is in the photo Thread Chasers, the second Photo is used instead of a Tap.

In this situation doing a Wheel Stud, you take a Chance that some day the Lug Nut may work loose because of removind thread material.

02-14-2013, 09:32 AM	#1
mtnmice Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Melbourne FL Posts: 20	Wheel stud size I have a drum/hub coming that the seller has said the studs "need chasing". I want to have the die in hand when the hub arrives. Could someone give me the size and thread count so I only have to buy it once? Baby has been up on jack stands for two weeks now and it has been about the longest two weeks in my life! Talk about withdrawal... Larry

02-14-2013, 10:10 AM	#2
SLPreston53 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Beach, CA. Posts: 219	Re: Wheel stud size I believe it is 1/2 - 20.

02-14-2013, 11:15 AM	#3
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,092	Re: Wheel stud size It is!

02-14-2013, 04:22 PM	#4
Rich in Tucson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 374	Re: Wheel stud size As a suggestion, you might take a hard lug nut of the right size and slit it along its axis to chase the studs. A die, unless well worn, may remove more metal than one would like (zero sounds about right to me) on studs while the slit nut can "reform" the threads without removing metal. You can run the slit nut over the threads loosely to start and then follow with some compression on it across the slit to have a greater effect.