Date:         Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:26:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
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From:         Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Are there any Studs in the House?
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Well I bought (for next to nothing) a set of Mercedes wheels.

On the back axle, the wheels are attached with studs. To mount these wheels
requires longer studs.

I have searched in vain for longer studs. The set I finally ordered from the
FLAPS ended up having a shank of too large diameter to work. The stock studs
are 14MMX1.5 maybe like 35CM and a shank approximately something 14.94.
There are many different profiles and not all studs with similar
measurements are applicable.

The closest I was able to find fits the profile, 50MM long like I needed,
but the shank was 15.15 or something like that. It doesn't fit and you can't
force it. Or at least I am not strong enough; either way, it doesn't fit.

I have the possibility to have this machined, at unknown cost at a local
machinist shop. It would be better if someone happened to know or could help
me find a stud of correct dimensions.

Thank you in advance.

Tom and Dana Cates
Asheville, NC
83 Air-cooled Westfalia, 'Hammurabi'
http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com/
A.I.R.S.