Wheel studs...anti theft?

1&done · 03-02-2012, 09:14 AM

Is anyone aware of a brand/company that sells a wheel stud conversion kit without the allen head? I would prefer to use the lug nuts to install and not worry about the security of the wheels. I have looked at Vorshlag, APEX, MS, and Turner.

Looking for 75mm

Eddy@ApexWheels · 03-02-2012, 02:32 PM

You cannot remove a stud using the 5.5mm allen head on studs. Studs are installed using red thread locker. It takes something like 275+ ft/lbs to break that stuff loose, and you can't do that with out stripping the tip.

fourtailpipes · 03-02-2012, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by paintpro21

You cannot remove a stud using the 5.5mm allen head on studs. Studs are installed using red thread locker. It takes something like 275+ ft/lbs to break that stuff loose, and you can't do that with out stripping the tip.

should clarify that studs require a very high amount of torque to remove WHILE WHEELS ARE INSTALLED WITH NUTS. this doesn't mean that the loctite alone will make them impossible to remove with an allen wrench, when wheels are off. you can remove studs with loctite when wheels are off without ruining them. it's not the loctite that makes them impossible to remove... it's mostly the load of the torqued lug nut that makes an allen wrench useless in removing studs when a wheel is installed.

1&done · 03-02-2012, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the insight

Rikx1M · 03-03-2012, 07:17 AM

That being said, as studs are usually long and use open nuts, are there ways to prevent theft if you have studs? Do they make nuts with special heads that allow the stud to go through yet prevent the casual thief?

1&done · 03-03-2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rikx1M

That being said, as studs are usually long and use open nuts, are there ways to prevent theft if you have studs? Do they make nuts with special heads that allow the stud to go through yet prevent the casual thief?

Yes, they do. http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm...FS6htgodu1r-AQ

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