[Bob Carriere]

The stud / nut problem for CMP rims is a problem shared by a lot of us..... if a suitable replacement could be sourced or made with CNC it would be popular.

We have given up trying to find the elusive taps and dies from EBay..... would be nice if someone spots them to post on the For Sale section......

We have numerous rims at the banr that have damaged studs...... some were so rusted....see welded with road salt..... that when we applied heat and the torwue wrench the nuts came off but the thread had "galled" almost smooth on the nut and on the stud.

Our searches for available modern truck wheel studs showed they were not available in the ODD 7/8...... 3/4 and 1 inch were available.

On a 20 inch rim the studs have a mushroom cap and would be more readily removable than the 16 tappered flush welded studs which would require fancy drilling.

I acquired a rolling Ford F15a rolling frame a while back... on all 4 16 inch rim the rim studs had been replaced with large course thread bolts and nuts.... looks weird....but... the bolt head on the back side did not intefere with the rims installation..... we are using them as yard tires for moving frames carcasses.

Boob