Stainless Steel Wheel Studs

[apex944]

I recently saw stainless steel (supposedly) wheel studs for sale. I was also under the impression that there were no suitable stainless alloys for such an application.

Am I correct, or are there now stainless (or similar) alloys that can be safely used for automotive wheel studs...especially in performance (track tires/spacers, etc.) applications?

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

- Bill

 

[GregLocock]

Wouldn't touch them unless they were massively oversized compared with real studs for the same application. I'm talking something like 4 times the thread area.



Cheers

Greg Locock


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[evelrod]

I agree 100% with Greg...Aside the fact you will need anti seize every time you "carefully" tq each nut...

Quote from Foghorn Leghorn, "That's a joke, son".

Rod

 

[patprimmer]

I agree with Greg and Rod.

SS to the best of my knowledge is to prone to fatigue and to prone to thread galling.



Regards
Pat
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