Re: lug nuts

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

The studs are "swaged" on.  You won't be able to pound them out with a
hammer or even a press.  You'll ruin the hub.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Cory Rempel <cory_383@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey Richard,
>
> You don't need a drum puller.  All you need is a descent sized hammer, tools
> for taking the tires off the car, a jack stand and the right hand studded
> drum.  First you replace the front drum with a drum with right hand studs.
> If these drums don't come off beat the living hell outta them with fore
> mentioned hammer until they come off.  Then take off rear tire and that
> hammer and pound them studs out of the axel shaft and replace with right
> hand studs.  You should be able to do this in less than an hour, which beats
> waiting for the "proper" studs to be delivered.  You were saying you were
> short on time.  Well this would fall under the category "time
> saving techniques".  An hour or so pounding on drums vs. waiting a week or
> more for your lugs to be delivered.
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:46:42 -0700
>> Subject: Re: lug nuts
>> From: richj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> thanks for the replies.i sent that email out last night when tired &
>> brain had given up for the day. bill, your right. i normally would
>> start looking at the bleedin obvious, but ebay has altered my search
>> patterns. made me lazy i guess. thanks for the links herb. cory &
>> george, when i got the wheels that was my plan, but, the time involved
>> in swapping the studs over isnt an option at the moment. i know its
>> not a big job but it does involve a drum puller which i dont have, but
>> intend to get. plus time. at the moment the weather in south australia
>> is perfect for working out doors so i subsequently have very little
>> time available for working on cars apart from the absolute neccasary.
>> buying l/h nuts is the quickest fix. woke up this morning thinking
>> "duh, why dont i just buy the complete set of r/h & l/h nuts i saw on
>> at least 2 sites & be done with it. new nuts all round." cheers,
>> richard.
>>
>> On Mar 17, 8:09 pm, Bill Butler <freightman4...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Contact Cragar !
>> >
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>> > >From: phoenix <ri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >Sent: Mar 17, 2012 5:58 AM
>> > >To: The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse
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>> > >Subject: lug nuts
>> >
>> > >hi, been searching the internet for some left hand thread lug nuts to
>> > >suit cragar s/s. cant find an exact match at any of the sites ive
>> > >found so far. does anyone have any suggestions of a store likely to
>> > >stock these. there seems to be a couple of different profiles. cheers,
>> > >richard.
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