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• Fwd: Re: ET 45 alloys
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:20:25 -0800
  ...I found nice long studs for the rear, and redrilled the wheel hubs to accept the larger splining. But the rear did not need...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced? (Correction)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:29:20 -0700
  ...and the wheel removed. I kept the hub from turning by wedging my breaker bar between a couple of the studs (unthreaded part) and...
• Re: Anyone running - Audi 5000 quatro turbo 6-spoke rims (ET-45)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:06:04 -0500
  ...on >> the >> rear wheels? Do you need to spacer the rears to have the caps work? >> That >> would mean longer studs as well, eh...
• Re: Mercedes rims...I have a question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:35:06 -0800
  ...bus for some time...have sourced the tires, correct wheel nuts and longer studs...BUT...where does the ET figure come from...I've...
• Re: removing rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:38:02 -0800
  ...nut on my 89 Westy (2wd) to install some longer studs for a wheel upgrade. If I recall this is one of those things...
• Re: 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:26:42 -0500
  ...I think that with some >>> 16" >>> wheel/tire configurations there may be interference problems that can't be >>> solved with different spacers/lugs/studs...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:20:51 -0700
  ...racer, and didn't have to try too hard to get studs and nuts to fit. The SCCA GT 2 Datsun 510 had the...
• Sami's rear wheel klunking
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 19:48:55 -0700
  ...Whether drum or disc, the rear wheel bolts/studs pass through the brake part and then the wheel. Taking off the wheel might allow...
• Syncro Update: The Perfect Sleeper, Better Tires, & Stud ?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 15:18:50 -0600 (CST)
  ...The main thing I need to run the BBS's on the Syncro are longer studs. Anybody know a part # for studs that are...
• Re: "Propane Protector" Mud Flap Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:53:21 -0500
  ...No instructions. > >The top part has two bronze looking studs about 3/4 inch length. They >apparently go into the body, but there is...
• More on traction
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:59:54 +0100
  ...to relize this, and I've lost lots of studs on the rear wheel tires. I drive an EV in my work, and the...
• FS: Set of 4 NOS Momo 5-spoke star alloys. 15 X 7 ET38
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:22:39 -0700
  ...in Carats and Wolfsburg Edition alloy wheels. The do not come with lugnuts and bolts. Stock length studs are all you need. They are...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:10:33 -0700
  ...describe making other brand wheels fit and work properly on a Vanagon, but some of the modifications (drilling, different studs, spacers, machine work) sounds...
• Re: SNOW CALL
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:39:36 -0800
  ...with any of > the 3 2 wheel drive Vanagons I've owned driving in snow. No studs or > chains. > Nothing special but not bad...
• Re: A Little Help with Rims
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 19 May 2011 06:33:46 -0400
  ...The Rims are $109.00 each plus the hardware, spacers, Longer Wheel Studs etc will run around $300.00. �When �you add in the...
• Re: Benz ML alloy wheels for vanagon ...on CL
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:56:09 -0800
  ...wheels for Vanagons as far as I'm concerned! and, I was wondering, where's the goto place to buy the spacers & studs & nuts...
• 14" VW Alloys
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:32:19 -0500
  ...the lugs/studs. It appears that the alloys require lugs with a cone like shape where the lugs meets the wheel and most of...
• Re: Fender Flares - custom made
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:27:43 -0800
  ...The rear ones have at least six or seven M5 studs again requiring holes to be drilled. I hate installing wheel arches! If you...
• Re: spinning rear lug nut
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:10:11 -1000
  ...whether you have stock original studs ( there's only one size stock Vanagon rear wheel mounting stud..on all versions of US model Vanagons...
• Re: Limited slip differential on ice or snow
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:06:01 -0800
  The reports I am getting (an personal exp) is that you have more than one wheel getting traction means that you can go further...
• Re: Differences between 81 and 82 Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:57:39 -0800
  ...purchase? > > (hey at the very least I would have lots of wheel > studs --- ;^) > > > Please and thanks, > > > > Neil Nicholson. > 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > http://web...
• WANTED: winter tires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:23:10 -0700
  ...on many different tires with & w/o studs in the last 25yrs here. While a rear wheel drive can get by with snow tires...
• Re: ML 320 benz wheels on a vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:54:31 -0700
  ...of regular Ebay wheel vendors. >> >> Did I mention the centercaps fit fine and that you don't need longer >> studs with the aformentioned adapter...
• Re: studded snow tires: 2 or 4?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:50:04 -0700
  ...There are times when studs just aren't enough. Cables go on in five minutes and come off just as fast. DO NOT exceed...
• Re: ronal r9 replicas?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:25:18 -0700
  ...Your ET 35 wheels should fit Syncros with no major issues besides possibly longer studs. There are some interference issues on 2wd which can...
• Re: Big brake and rear disc brakes for 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:52:00 -0400
  ...With your wheels you do need longer wheel studs as the rotor flange is thicker than the stock drum. The front rotors are beefy...
• Re: More fun with mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:47:26 -0700
  ...All wheels on all vehicles ride on bearings of some sort. > > vanagon has two per rear 'stub axle' ....one outer, one inner.. > I am...
• Re: A Little Help with Rims
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 18 May 2011 23:20:42 -0700
  ...The Rims are $109.00 each plus the hardware, spacers, Longer Wheel Studs etc will run around $300.00. When you add in the...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:07:24 -0700
  ...The siping on the Hakka's and the lateral stiffness of those tires make them outstanding, but studs make them amazing winter, difficult road...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:09:29 -0700
  Rule of thumb aside, on factory alloy wheels VW used nuts that didn't even come close to meeting your "stud is flush or...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:41:17 -0500
  ...thin grinding wheel to > carefully grind off one area of the nuts so that they can be broken off the > studs without stud damage...
• Re: Snow tires, Police, getting stopped, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:28:47 -0800
  ...His car >(a big Ford) had them on all four wheels. He loved them. I mentioned that >I didn't think they'd be...
• Mercedes rims...I have a question
  Historical mailing list - Denmiester
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:42:00 -0500
  ...bus for some time...have sourced the tires, correct wheel nuts and longer studs...BUT...where does the ET figure come from...I've...
• VANCO 2/CLK Alloy 16's FIT!!(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:42:09 -0500
  ...the add in studs for the front rotors needed to be and what to do for using 12mm Mercedes Wheels on a 14mm stud...
• Re: PDX Machine Shop Recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:48:17 -0800
  ...that idea. > Wheels are extremely important from a safety point of view. > > and please have long enough wheel studs or wheel mounting bolts, > and...
• Re: question about wider tires
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:33:26 EDT
  ...Steel rims have a thinner mounting pad than alloy wheels. So if you use the bolts/studs in use for steel rims on the...
• Re: Spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cobb
  Sat, 3 Apr 2021 06:41:54 -0700
  ...the steel. > > My new alloy wheels came with new nuts and I converted the fronts from > bolts to studs that take the nuts (came...
• Re: audi wheels on vanagon,
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:13:00 -0800
  ...alloy wheels break from just this sort of modification on a > race car. > > Also have to wonder how the spacer and longer studs/bolts...
• Re: 16" wheel kit
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:24:53 -0800
  ...be bored out and maybe longer studs/bolts too (a hassle). If you are shopping new wheels, BusDepot, Van-Cafe and Gowesty have somewhat...
• Re: Audi 16 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 04:33:07 -0800
  ...Sometimes the center of the wheels must be machined out. Sometimes spacers are needed along with longer studs. Sometimes all of these mods are...
• Wheels another option
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Apr 2014 06:59:19 -0700
  ...wheel has what offset, taking them to machine shops to bore out the centers, new lug nuts, extended studs, ect...and often the wheel...
• Got 1st Front Brake Kit Today!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:55:25 EDT
  ...The new hubs are like syncro hubs in that they have studs in them instead of holes for wheel bolts. So you would use...
• Re: vanagon on wheel trolleys
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 17 May 2020 16:42:13 -0400
  ...As I have now 14 alu wheels on ( with 195/14 Hankook) I have to find the studs for the steelies again. Are the...
• Re: Mercedes 16 inch wheels for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:03:45 -0400
  ...to fit over the protrusions like the >> Audi wheels do.. I bought the longer studs form T3 in case I did need >> spacers up...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:01:40 -0800
  ...Heat the center of the hub area between the studs > > in a circular motion with the torch for about 30 seconds. You will hear...
• Re: 15" steel rims?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:26:50 -0600
  ...any other steel wheels in 15" size that will work on a > 2wd > Vanagon without machine work or extra long studs.. Or does anyone...
• Re: Rear Drums wont come off.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Jul 94 16:58:18 ADT
  ...suckers hard 2 - 3 times hard on the face, nearish the wheel studs. The drum sprang of the hub beautifully! Scared the hell out...
• Re: Can anyone identify this syncro part?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:35:49 EDT
  ...part with the wheel studs connected to it. >> Chris, The part you are referring to appears to be a front wheel hub. The rotor...
• Re: Wheels/Tires-My Story
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:17:20 -0400
  ...My oem nuts and studs (had > > original alloys before), fit the seats in the wheels perfectly. > > They are a bit short though, and I...
• Re: 15" Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:23:34 -0800
  I think the only alloy Mercedes wheel that fits without requiring longer lug bolts\studs is the CLK 16" wheel from about '98-'02...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:47:09 +0000
  ...I use a long pry bar in > between the wheel studs to prevent rotation of the shaft while > loosening the bolts. > > > On Jan 3...
• Re: alloys on big sale, not sure if they fit
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 8 Feb 2011 09:41:20 -0800
  ...eg http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_793/rims_and_wheels.html?stpl=view_all On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8...
• My First Brake Job Questions
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:16:55 -0500
  ...There are two hex bolts on outer face of drum (in the same plane as wheel studs) - those come off? 2. Rubber cap on...
• All About 16" Wheels - CV-900s Have Arrived
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:44:14 -0500
  ...Basically, you will need me to send you nuts and/or studs if you have the old style nuts and studs for metal wheels...
• Re: /syncro/ tires
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:23:07 -0400
  ...spacers, no longer studs, but I want >better fitting nuts. Fender lips would be nice, my money went to >wheels/tires. Subaru motor (or...
• Re: Torque wrenches - - was Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:23:35 -0500
  ...It it's cylinder flange hold-down studs that fail - the potential disaster that could follow is pretty spooky! Losing a jug in flight...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:46:36 -0500
  I love studs. I had them on front-drive (Rabbit) and rear-drive ('76 Toyota Corolla) cars in Nova Scotia for a decade. But...
• Re: Benz ML alloy wheels for vanagon ...on CL
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:45:02 -0800
  ...Since the alloy wheels are thicker compared to the outgoing steel wheels, you may need longer studs and/or bolts to put them on...
• Re: FS; Set of four SA Sunburst with Agilis 51 fitted, balanced...
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:39:50 -0800
  Zoltan, I had five 15" SA "Rhein" wheels shipped up from the US to Canada using www.forwardair.com the cost was $50 American...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:19:09 -0700
  ...And get sockets for the wheel nuts and studs and torque them to spec too! My Bentley is not handy or I'd look...