btd19m Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 got new tires a little while ago on the front and just noticed a crack through the rim and one nut is bent slightly(wtf?) i asked the shop to hand tighten them. by hand. far as ive found i cant even get them off with a rattle gun. looks like 1 or two bolts may have bent as well. i have to replace my rear tires (who leaves tires from 2003 on a car and sells it?) but i want to do the front too. so do i use 205 fronts and 235 rears (75) or grab a set of 15's or keep my sunraiser rims? (aftermarket 4x4 rims done custom with custom caps) like this but custom 14's with caps think the offsets were neg 22 front (un capped center bored ) and rear was +30 with center bore and caps will get pics in a few of mine also have dragway indys (13 inch) but have to use stud adapters (loss of drivers permitif its found here) http://www.dragway.com.au/index.php/car-products/classic-wheels.html(indy's are no longer sold afaik) Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 SO! It seems to me that what you are saying that the shop cross threaded your studs? 1 Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 yeah. seems that way. looks like at least one nut is off center. another looks bent. i posted a reply 4 or so hours ago but it seems again my s5 stuffed up. Quote Link to comment
shacks510 Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Bust out a chisel and start hammering. Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 is getting the wheel studs cut off and replaced an option? thats what the shop is saying they will have to do to fix there mistake Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 If they went on, then they can come off. Just left turn them. If they break off so what, they are being replaced anyway. If the stud strips and starts turning in the rim them probably the only option is to split the nuts. Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 yeah. we couldnt get them off with a rattle gun. grinder might do it. the rims cracked. Quote Link to comment
fritzdixxon Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 On a buddy's s15 Jimmy we once used an 8foot pipe on the ratchet when a local shop did this to his lugs Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 On a buddy's s15 Jimmy we once used an 8foot pipe on the ratchet when a local shop did this to his lugs something like this?? Quote Link to comment
fritzdixxon Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Ya we put it so that it was up high in the air and then basically hung from the end with a lil bounce till they moved or snapped Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 o.0 sounds like it may work or break something. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 is getting the wheel studs cut off and replaced an option? thats what the shop is saying they will have to do to fix there mistake And at their expense? Their F)(* up, so their repair! Quote Link to comment
fritzdixxon Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 It would only break the studs which if they a cross threaded they are pooched anyway. Quote Link to comment
510farmer Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 If it's on a rim that's cracked and you a going to trash the rim anyways Get a sawzall and a semi long metal blade and push it in till the blade bends behind the nut or go rite through the nut Or get a acetylene torch and cut it off 1 Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 If it's on a rim that's cracked and you a going to trash the rim anyways Get a sawzall and a semi long metal blade and push it in till the blade bends behind the nut or go rite through the nut Or get a acetylene torch and cut it off they got it off with a plasma cutter at a body shop in town It would only break the studs which if they a cross threaded they are pooched anyway. the threads were fucked. 2 were bent to hell and back. And at their expense? Their F)(* up, so their repair! they covered it. in full. sorted it out now. rims are off and the front right rim was cracked right through (almost clean in half) just got a set of new tires. Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 got a question however. i have 235/75R14's (about a month old) that i got for one of my other cars but didn't end up fitting as the tire was to large for the rim. typo meant to put i want to put 235/75/14's front and back. (what issues should i expect?) also have a set of 15 inch +60 rims that came off my f150 about a year ago. if i stick road tires onto them will they fit a stock 720? i know the chances are low. i have from stock to about 5 inches of lift in the rear (air shocks) but the offset is a problem Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 I think lots of Ford use a different lug pattern, don't they? And check out willtheyfit.net. you can input your stock rim and tire setup and whatever new setup you want and it will show you how they differ and give measurements. Then go back outside to your truck and see if those measurements look good. Quote Link to comment
btd19m Posted August 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 lug patten is the same. rims sort of fit. (if you count 1/3 of an inch of thread sticking out) i have 235's on the back. my fronts are still 215's i know they will fit the rims. just don't know if they will fit the car. Quote Link to comment
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