[Tigers] 7/16" to 1/2" wheel studs

[Tom Parker]

Good point, Jerry, especially given the tire footprints we're dealing with.

The more rubber we put on the ground the more stress we put on the hubs.
So... why not change the hubs? My point: has anyone found, or is anyone
building five lug hubs for the Salisbury / Dana 44 tapered axles? Or is
there an axle made for the Dana with welded hubs?. (I'm an OLD Ford guy,
stuck in the fifties... and I'm not particularly interested in putting a
shortened Ford 9" rear under my '67.)

I know Dale has front and rear disk brake conversions, but they're four
bolt.

Tom

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Jerry & Maureen (Mo) <
JCMC2006 at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> 1/2" studs would be much stronger; my only concern would be the amount of
> material being removed would make the hub a little bit weaker.  Perhaps it
> would remain strong enough, I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud.
>
> Jerry Christopherson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of John Stithem
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:40 PM
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] 7/16" to 1/2" wheel studs
>
> I HAVE snapped more than one 7/16" stud. So the next question would be---
>
> Has anyone written up a Tech Tip for changing out to 1/2" studs?
> The front hubs seem like a no brainer to drill out. Do you need to pull the
> rear hubs to drill out for 1/2" studs. Is there any more machining that
> needs to be done except just drill the correct size for the 1/2" studs?
>
> John
>
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 20:11:56 -0700
> From: "Bob Hokanson" <tgrrr at peoplepc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Replica Libre/Libra wheels
> To: "Tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net>
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> Hasn't anybody but me snapped off one of the spindly little 7/16 wheel
> studs
>
> and graduated to 1/2 studs?
> Of course this was back in my younger days when I was stronger (and
> faster).
>
> Bob H
>
> > I found it interesting on that website, if you go to "FAQ & Tech", it
> > shows
> > 7/16 lugnuts to be torqued to 55-65 lbs. The Tiger Shop Manual shows 48
> > lbs.
> > that I always thought was quite low.  I'm a firm believer of proper
> torque
> > settings, but now I think I'll go up a few more lbs.
> >
> > Jerry Christopherson
> > 9473187
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