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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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Do you have to remove the rear axles to replace the wheel studs?
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Only if you go with studs longer than stock.
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Only if you go with studs longer than stock.
Crap, I was gonna install 3.25" long ARP studs for my Weld Pro Stars.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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you can notch your caliper bracket to be able to remove the studs with ease. Let me know if you need a picture of what i am talking about.
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Like the guy above said, we drilled the backing plate and replaced mine that way. Previous to going with my 5/8th studs.
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Originally Posted by litch2004
you can notch your caliper bracket to be able to remove the studs with ease. Let me know if you need a picture of what i am talking about.
Please do send me a pic. I really do not want to remove the axles. ws6ick@gmail.com
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I am running 15" Weld Pro Stars. I want to replace the studs with ARP studs and open end lug nuts. Should I get 3.25" or 2.5" long studs?
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just in case someone needed a visual of what i was talking about.
With notch:

With stud coming out:
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That looks like alot of grinding, what did you use?
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just a grinding disk and a tiger disk to smooth it out. It took maybe 5 minutes.
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how bad is it to run the stock studs w/ welds? right now i have 15x8 draglites and 5/16 spacer on the rear. will this be able to handle launches w/o breaking something? btw my car is a4 w/2.73 and stock stall. so i will only be footbreaking it, i havnt taken it to the track yet w/ this setup and it would be nice to know if im setting myself up for problems.
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Originally Posted by 01z
how bad is it to run the stock studs w/ welds? right now i have 15x8 draglites and 5/16 spacer on the rear. will this be able to handle launches w/o breaking something? btw my car is a4 w/2.73 and stock stall. so i will only be footbreaking it, i havnt taken it to the track yet w/ this setup and it would be nice to know if im setting myself up for problems.
I run the same spacer on the front, and I didn't have enough lug to be comfortable. I would either grind your rear calipers or get some longer studs.
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