1978 wheel studs too short

**EricWaller** · 03-08-2009, 05:47 PM

I just bought a set of Nitro wheels for my 1978 chevy 4x4 1/2 ton. The stock wheel studs are too short for this thicker rim. I am having trouble finding a place that sells longer wheel studs here in rural Wyoming. Does anyone know a good site or place to find longer aftermarket wheel studs for an older chevy truck?
Has anyone experienced this before?

**ct9a** · 03-08-2009, 07:04 PM

I would check out summitracing.com or jegs.com or maybe even LMC. I've seen adapters that are solely for the purpose of getting longer studs as well as the studs themselves.

**Z71_guy** · 03-08-2009, 07:14 PM

take one of the old studs into a local autostore like napa or autovalue and have them match the stud for something longer in most cases they can find one that will work

**EricWaller** · 03-08-2009, 11:53 PM

Thanks for the websites.
The locals don't have a clue- I spent all day Friday in town trying to get this done, and ended up bringing home a set of left handed threaded studs... lol
I didn't catch it until I got home and they were closed...

**bigburb** · 03-09-2009, 12:27 AM

How big are the holes for the lugs on the wheel? I bought a set of old-school rims a couple of months ago that had lug holes that were roughly 1/2" (Well I guess most are, but... Does the whole have a rounded edge around it, or is it straight with no curve into the hole?), and got home to find out the lugs were to short. But, after a little asking around, it turns out I needed a special nut called mag lug nuts instead of longer lugs. Basically, the collar of the lug goes into the wheel and then screws onto the lug.

They look a little something like this:

The smaller, non-hexed part goes into the hole of the wheel and then on to the lug. I don't know if this is your problem, but I just thought I'd throw it out there since I had a similar problem.

I know I probably didn't make much sense in the first paragraph, but that's the best way I could explain it.