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Re: Spit broken wheel stud - Help!

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>,
Subject: Re: Spit broken wheel stud - Help!
From: Brad Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:40:56 -0400 (EDT)
I'm thinking of upgrading my spit's studs, (3/8 X 24 TPI).  Below, Joe
recommends upgrading to TR6 ones.  Earlier today (or was it yesterday) there was
an e-mail that recommended TR7 ones, which are apparently 7/16 X 20 TPI.

What are the figures for the TR6 ones?  And which is better, the TR6, or the
TR7's?  If I upgrade, I obviously don't want to have to change the wheels also.

Brad

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------Original Message------
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Sent: August 24, 2000 4:55:01 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Spit broken wheel stud - Help!



It is not a bad idea to upgrade the Spit Studs to the TR6 ones.  It is not all
that expensive to do so and it creates the following
benefits:

1. Much stronger studs
2. Much greater availability of lug nuts

Joe

Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
>
> Every Spit owner should have a couple of spare studs
> and lug nuts lying around!  Sooner or later you
> will have a stud that gets stripped or cross-threaded
> or that simply does not seem to torque down like it should.
> Changing them takes about 5 minutes if you're not unlucky.
>
> Add them to your "things to get the next time I place an order" list...
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 09:01 AM 8/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >I'd advise against mixing and matching wheel studs.  Victoria British sells
> >them.  I'm sure Spitbits does too.  I'd personally go with Spitbits.  If you
> >order early enough, you should be able to get overnight shipping, but with
> >that expense, you should order a few of them just to keep some spares laying
> >around.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Jeff




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