MONTE CARLO Tire Stud

[oldsmobile joe]

Wow those are fugly. Ever hear of a torque wrench? Look at the twist in the the serrations or knurle.
Ok, what a great educational moment. Torque spec is considered "tight". Those are an example of "fooking tight". Don't bother looking it up, its an industry term.

 

[chuckfenn1]

Wow those are fugly. Ever hear of a torque wrench? Look at the twist in the the serrations or knurle.
Ok, what a great educational moment. Torque spec is considered "tight". Those are an example of "fooking tight". Don't bother looking it up, its an industry term.

lol the tires was mounted by a tire shop so may they over tightened them..lol..done now though

 

[fleming442]

Given the fact that you're running spacers, you should probably look into longer studs.

 

[ssn696]

Last post has it right. You should see about half a stud’s diameter of threads (about three threads in our case) sticking out past the lug nut for safety.

 

[chuckfenn1]

Given the fact that you're running spacers, you should probably look into longer studs.

You are right. I might remove the spacers since will be buying more wheels soon

 

[5spdCab]

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WOW!! Those look seriously cross threaded, or like someone forced a metric nut onto a standard thread. I hope you did all five. You might consider checking the other three wheels for their stud condition.

 

[mikester]

WOW!! Those look seriously cross threaded, or like someone forced a metric nut onto a standard thread. I hope you did all five. You might consider checking the other three wheels for their stud condition.

THIS ^^^^^^^^^ I wouldnt even drive the car unless I checked every stud and lug nut. If every stud on one hub looks like that Im sure the other 15 look similar.
The other big question and VERY important...what thread stud did you just install ? Theres metric and SAE for G body cars. I think 81 and newer are metric. 5spdCab might be on to something. SAE nuts on a metric stud.
Another thing you need to make sure is right is the shank on the nut being the right length for the rim and studs you have on the car. I lost a nut on my Monte when I had a set of Weld wheels on it. Stud wasnt long enough for the thickness of the rim. I switched them out for longer and used open end nuts after that.

 

[pagrunt]

I think 81 and newer are metric.

It's '82 & up are metric. Think of it this way, A's ('78-'81) are inch, G's ('82-'87/'88) are metric.