We broke a trans cooler last weekend. It was mounted between the subframe connector and the drive shaft. Under the the drivers seat. Fortunately this kept all the fluid between the frame rails. But fluid was even dripping off the deck lid and tail lights. When cleaning the underside I washed the wheels and took a look at the recently installed 5/8 studs. The picture is the spokes of the rear wheel at the hub next to the stud washer. Every spoke on both wheels is similar. Ran this car for close to 800 passes. Converted to 5/8" studs this Winter. Never guessed the old 1/2" studs were stronger than the wheels.
Doug

Good catch.......if it's OK, what make / model of wheel are they ?

doug what are you going to do for wheels this weekend? what back spacing do you need.

Good catch, another thing to verify is the wheel fully engages on the stud, I had to order a new stud kit after doing some mock-up and measuring, the screw in studs varied on the protrusion of the shank away from the axle plate so that a couple of the shanks did not fully extend through the wheel far enough leaving the possibility of the wheel wobble and or eventually egging out the wheel holes. Doug

Wow..... Good catch

The wheels from my Volare slicks fit. Just getting the tires swapped this morning.
Doug

Nice catch Doug.

At some point every winter I'll put my Dart on the lift and go over it from end to end, and most of the time I find something that needs attention.

Glad you caught it! Time for forged or billet wheels.

Going to be some nice garden hose holders in the classifieds soon! Now we get to live vicariously through Doug and go wheel shopping! Nice catch, that could a been ugly.

Whatever you do make sure you check 1/2 inch studs religiously, couple years ago a friend passing by my Super Stock car noticed a missing lug nut, stud was sheared off and another had broke but the lug nut still looked tight just glancing at it. Needless to say 5/8 studs are in place now.

Good catch, Doug. On my 5/8 studs they are fully theeaded and use a sleeve for the wheel to ride on. Those sleeves backed out part way when i pulled my slicks to replace them. I mounted the tires, and put rhe wheels and tires back on not realising the lug nuts on the left rear were torqued tight against those sleeves! The wheel was actually loose on the studs. Luckily no breakage or damage after four passes.

Ii swapped to 5/8" over the winter . My street car wheels rescuded me.
Doug

great catch !
i would have cried if one of those wheels had caused severe damage to my favorite car here !

X2 Curious minds would like to know.

Now lets see how much the weight reduction impacts the ET. I bet less than 0.02 hundreds.

The pair of wheels are 18lbs lighter.
Doug

.Very old American 200S. Late 60s They were used when I got them. Like I said aprox 800 low 9 second passes.
Doug

just asking, is it normal to have that much weight to balance a tire ?

Yes, sometimes it takes a lot of weight.

Brian