The website does say: "Installation requires a hole drilled and reamed to
.562 diameter. "  This is meant to describe what is required for the stud to
fit into a previously undrilled hub, as you might have if you were building
a custom sand rail.  These studs are VW wheel studs manufactured by
Sway-Away.

There was no additional drilling or reaming necessary to install these studs
into a vanagon hub.  They pressed into the hub with the correct interference
fit of 0.3-0.4mm(~0.012-0.016in).

I used the 52mm long studs which are $3.00ea, the postage was more than the
studs as I wanted them fast.

Helen & Joe Fahy
'87 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: <BenTbtstr8@aol.com>
To: <72510.1173@compuserve.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: lugs and studs for alloy

>
> In a message dated 8/2/02 5:44:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> 72510.1173@COMPUSERVE.COM writes:
>
> << Here is where I picked mine up:
>
>
http://www.bugsandbuggies.com/Parts.asp?CN=914&SN=102&GN=13&Subgroup=Wheel+A
>  dapters%2C+Mounting+and+Covers&RefPage=Sway-A-Way
>
>  They were real good about shipping them out fast. >>
>
> Helen & Joe, et al.
>
> The one objection I have to these units is you have to ream (make the
bigger)
> the holes in your hub to fit them per the instructions on the webpage you
> noted above. There are aftermarket and factory studs available which do
not
> require you to alter your hubs. Not to mention cheaper than these guys.
You
> can also get Porsche studs which work w/o modifications but much pricier.
>
> At any rate, if anyone desperately needs longer rear studs, I can offer
some
> assistance as long as the number of requesters do not get overwhelming as
> they did in the past.
>
> BenT

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