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This must be a common problem, I'm thinking.

DPO Pedro, tack welded all the Crypt Car wheel
studs instead of replacing them when they got loose.

Usually when a weld gives way I can snap off the
stud, pull the wheel and put in a new one from
The Roadster Factory.

This time a large glob of weld is behind where the
new stud head should seat. Also the stud hole is
quite large compared to the new stud I have.

What is a procedure to fix this? Does someone sell
oversize diameter studs for TR6 wheels? Can weld globs
be filed off? I know zip of welding.

DPO Pedro's little jokes on me keep going and going and
going......

Thanks for the advice,

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Tinster said:
What is a procedure to fix this?
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The usual way is to replace the hub.

Tinster said:
Does someone sell oversize diameter studs for TR6 wheels?
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I don't know of anyone selling them specifically for a TR6; but there probably are studs available for some other car that have the same threads but a larger knurled portion.

Tinster said:
Can weld globs
be filed off?
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Usually, they are too hard for a file to bite into. A grinder should work fine, though.
 
There are oversize stud available. I think some racers use them.
Try Googling them
 
I don't think an oversize stud is the answer. If you can find a stud in which the part that goes into the hub is oversize, but is necked down to the original stud diameter, that would work. Are the studs screwed or pressed into the hub on a TR6?

Otherwise, like TR3driver says, a new hub is in order.
 
The only studs that are screwed in are the rear studs for the TR3 & 4. All others are pressed in from the rear.

New hubs are an option, but the rear hubs are a bear to press off. And, IIRC, the Tinster was doing work on the rear.
 
Ouch!!

The old $300 replace the hub for the $2.00 stud trick!

I am purely mentally exhausted from removing, installing,
removing, installing, removing, installing the damned rear
hubs on this car.

I ground out DPO Pedro's weld; I've a pocketful of new TRF
"press in" studs and a buddy who owns a tire shop. If I
can't get a new stud to seat, I think I'll just have to do
a Pedro and tack weld that SOB in place.

If I pull that rear hub again, I swear it will be to install
a new one because of failed wheel bearings NOT due to a
DPO Pedro trick. The bearings in that hub are ok. I think. No wobble at noon-6:00.

Thanks one and all!

Imagine, the Tinster pullin' a DPO Pedro stunt on his own
car! As I live and breathe!

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I used Dorman #610-114 studs when I replaced them last fall.
The existing hole must be reamed out to 9/16". These are a little longer at 1 21/32" than stock but can be cut down and trimmed to fit stock length quite easily.
 
I agree, he told you what I was gonna. Get to a Dorman supplier.
 
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