55.2-59 Changing rear axle lugs

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by dsraven

there is also the possibility that you could find a wheel stud from another vehicle with the correct length, threads and the correct splined diameter (where it is a press fit into the axle) that would fit into the same hole as the existing wheel stud.

Very honestly, I think that the only issue is that they "don't match, As I mentioned earlier, that is an absolute non issue unless you are running early style mags with lug nuts that only come in 7/16 or 1/2 inch such as the shanked nuts I showed in the earler post. To my knowledge they were never available in metric. That would be the only honest reason to go to the trouble to change them. Just having the threads match the threads on the front isn't a good enough reason to go to the trouble when metric lug nuts with the correct taper for most wheels with a tapered seat on the wheels, You just match the taper of the lug nut to the wheel you use and call it good.