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Does anyone have a good tip to solve my little problem? When I was going to change my wheel bolts 2 of them didin´t fit the splines correctly so now they don´t fit at all... shall I just try to solve the problem by adding more "violence" and just skrew them in so I make "new" splines or what? Sorry my english isin´t that good but I hope you know what I mean?

Hard to put problems into a foreign language i know.

I think you are saying you have damaged (stripped) the threads on the wheel studs or the nuts by cross-threading the wheel nuts?

Is that correct?

If so you need to replace or repair the damaged parts. Replace would be better. But if the damage is slight and on a non-critical area like the end of the stud then you can repair the thread with a tap and die set.

Some of our cars came with left hand thread on the left side of the car. But most have been replaced over the years so that they are all right hand thread.

Right hand threaded wheel studs are 1/2"-20UNF x 1-19/32" with .673" knurl diameter.

RH thread lug nuts are 1/2"-20UNF

Linka, The studs should be pressed in. The replacements are an interference fit.(bigger) I have used a pile of washers and some grease along with a lug nut to pull some in in a pinch without pulling the axle.

Tom

Reading what he wrote again Tom I think you have identified what he needed to know.

I couldn't figure out what you meant Linka. Sorry.

It´s ok Davie... not so easy to understand when my english not so good. But now I know how to do so I have solved my problem. Thanx anyway for the answers dudes!

No problem Dave, LOL I just added to what you wrote.

Tom