Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

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Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby bgilbert » Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:50 pm

$4.99 each for 5/8's wheel studs for the front drw axle! I'm doing a srw to drw front hubs swap on a 93 w350. I've got tons of the longer rear 5/8's wheel studs. But it looks like they'll look ugly sticking out as much as they will.. $5 bucks each times 16?! Not cool. :lol:
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby RumbleFish » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:17 pm

How much will they stick out? Cut the excess length off.
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby RCCUMMINS89 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:23 pm

Quick story...... I needed the Dorman 610-283 (9/16 studs). I called Napa auto parts, they wanted $4.08 a piece :shock: I then called O'reilly auto parts, they wanted $1.99 a piece. I then called Autozone, and they wanted $1.49 a piece. :mrgreen:

Point being.... have you shopped around yet?
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby bgilbert » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:14 am

RCCUMMINS89 wrote:Quick story...... I needed the Dorman 610-283 (9/16 studs). I called Napa auto parts, they wanted $4.08 a piece :shock: I then called O'reilly auto parts, they wanted $1.99 a piece. I then called Autozone, and they wanted $1.49 a piece. :mrgreen:

Point being.... have you shopped around yet?

Sure have. Same price from all three :mad: . I might end up stealing them from a set of external drw hubs. Might try cutting them to length too, but you know how that is, F it up, get a nick or the like and the lug nut isn't happy.
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby RCCUMMINS89 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:17 am

Yea, I would cut them down... that is just ridiculous paying $80 for front studs.
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby RumbleFish » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:19 am

Cut it down with the lug nut on it. When you take the nut off it will clean the threads out.
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Re: Why are wheel studs so expensive?!

Postby bgilbert » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:04 pm

RumbleFish wrote:Cut it down with the lug nut on it. When you take the nut off it will clean the threads out.

What am I a newbee? lol

So I knocked one out of the other set of drw hubs I have. Turns out the knurlled section, whatever it's called, is in a different spot than the rear 5/8's studs. So I can't use them. Looks like I'm using the ones out of the other set of hubs.
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