Wheel Spacer Studs

MustangMatt96GT · January 19th, 2008, 07:01 PM

Well i bought some 1 inch hub-centric wheel spacers for my rears. Anyway, i planed on tapping out the studs and just having a disk spacer. I bought them to fill the fender out better and to make my 3 inch wheel studs for my slicks to look better. Anyway, i got one out by pounding on it, but the others wont budge. I have let them soak in PB blaster and didn't help. I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions.

Thanks!

KentuckyStang · January 20th, 2008, 07:29 PM

they are aluminum right? i dont if aluminum expands like steel if you heat it up, if it does throw it in the oven for a while so it heats evenly

MustangMatt96GT · January 20th, 2008, 08:51 PM

Well if I throw it in the oven, wouldnt all the metal expand? Making it even harder to get them out?

HMUSN · January 20th, 2008, 09:05 PM

got a mounted vise?

that's what I used... just keep pounding and they will come out.

MustangMatt96GT · January 20th, 2008, 09:55 PM

I dont have a mounted vice, but i like the idea. I have access at school as well as at work!

HMUSN · January 20th, 2008, 09:56 PM

give it a shot then.

it worked for me.

ZoomZoomMFer · January 20th, 2008, 09:57 PM

where you you work matt?

MustangMatt96GT · January 20th, 2008, 09:58 PM

ACE Hardware.

ZoomZoomMFer · January 20th, 2008, 10:14 PM

o cool

Mramsey31 · June 4th, 2010, 12:17 PM

If you have access to a press, try that. You can even go to a local machine shop and they might do it for nothing..

zinc-vert02 · June 4th, 2010, 12:25 PM

the aluminum will expand faster than the steel studs try to heat it with a mat gas torch, or maybe find some one with a press

BAD98GT · June 4th, 2010, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by zinc-vert02

the aluminum will expand faster than the steel studs try to heat it with a mat gas torch, or maybe find some one with a press

most aluminums have a lower melting point than steel does, if you use heat, use a propane torch.. if that dont work you can try MAPP(not mat) gas, but by all means no hotter than mapp gas cause you could melt them, preferably beat the hell out of em

NO_PI_NO_POWER · June 4th, 2010, 03:20 PM

I believe I am now in possession of these mentioned spacers.

tfofkyle · June 4th, 2010, 03:43 PM

dead thread...

January 19th, 2008, 07:01 PM	#1
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	Wheel Spacer Studs Well i bought some 1 inch hub-centric wheel spacers for my rears. Anyway, i planed on tapping out the studs and just having a disk spacer. I bought them to fill the fender out better and to make my 3 inch wheel studs for my slicks to look better. Anyway, i got one out by pounding on it, but the others wont budge. I have let them soak in PB blaster and didn't help. I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions. Thanks! __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

January 20th, 2008, 08:51 PM	#3
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	Well if I throw it in the oven, wouldnt all the metal expand? Making it even harder to get them out? __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

January 20th, 2008, 09:05 PM	#4
HMUSN Doc 1986 SVO 48.47@ 12.58 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37,050 iTrader: 11 reviews	got a mounted vise? that's what I used... just keep pounding and they will come out. __________________

January 20th, 2008, 09:55 PM	#5
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	I dont have a mounted vice, but i like the idea. I have access at school as well as at work! __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

January 20th, 2008, 09:56 PM	#6
HMUSN Doc 1986 SVO 48.47@ 12.58 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37,050 iTrader: 11 reviews	give it a shot then. it worked for me. __________________

January 20th, 2008, 07:29 PM	#2
KentuckyStang Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 22 iTrader: 0 reviews	they are aluminum right? i dont if aluminum expands like steel if you heat it up, if it does throw it in the oven for a while so it heats evenly

January 20th, 2008, 09:57 PM	#7
ZoomZoomMFer zippeewannabee 06' Mazda Speed6 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 3,211 iTrader: 17 reviews	where you you work matt?

January 20th, 2008, 09:58 PM	#8
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	ACE Hardware. __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

January 20th, 2008, 10:14 PM	#9
ZoomZoomMFer zippeewannabee 06' Mazda Speed6 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 3,211 iTrader: 17 reviews	o cool __________________ Cobb SRI \| Eibach ProKit \| JBR Short Shift Plate \| JBR Rear Motor Mount

June 4th, 2010, 12:17 PM	#10
Mramsey31 Newbie 1994 Mustang 3.8 N/A Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lodi Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 reviews	If you have access to a press, try that. You can even go to a local machine shop and they might do it for nothing..

June 4th, 2010, 12:25 PM	#11
zinc-vert02 Bringing Yellow Back 2002 mustang gt 12.2 at 117 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: WISCONSIN Posts: 9,965 iTrader: 1 reviews	the aluminum will expand faster than the steel studs try to heat it with a mat gas torch, or maybe find some one with a press __________________ SOON TO BE 5.4 3V POWERD WITH A ROUSH CHARGER HELPING IT BAMA Performance Drag Team Member #4

June 4th, 2010, 03:20 PM	#13
NO_PI_NO_POWER Granny Shifter 1997 Mustang GT 12.297@113.47 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greeley, CO Posts: 752 iTrader: 0 reviews	I believe I am now in possession of these mentioned spacers. __________________ 1997 GT 2.6L Kenne Bell Build Thread 1989 LX

June 4th, 2010, 03:43 PM	#14
tfofkyle Hardcore Enthusiast 02 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,682 iTrader: 0 reviews	dead thread... __________________

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