[DeTomaso] Front vented roter replacments--extra detail

[Mike Thomas]

Mike
These studs were plenty long when I mounted my Campy clones.  The only issue
I had was that the relief in the wheel center was slightly too small to fit
over the stub on the SSBC rotor, and I had to remove a bit of material from
the inside of the wheel center to get a solid seat on the rotor.
Mike Thomas 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:10 AM
To: ParaPantera at aol.com; kre at adelphia.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front vented roter replacments--extra detail


In a message dated 4/24/08 1 16 40, ParaPantera at aol.com writes:


>     I did this swap back in '04 and guided several  others through the 
> process.  As previously mentioned in a reply, the only  difference is 
> you have to switch from metric to inch lug nuts.   Try as I might, the 
> studs can not be swapped because the metric shank/shoulder  is 
> slightly smaller than the inch ones, hence when you go to tighten the 
> nuts  the studs just spin inside the rotor.
> 

Aren't the Mustang studs slightly too short?   I know I tried to put Campy 
wheels on my '66 Mustang (which, of course, used Mustang rotors!) and didn't
feel secure, as I could only get a couple of turns on the lug nuts, i.e. 
inadequate thread engagement.

I know other people have successfully knocked the Mustang studs out of the
rotors and transplanted their Pantera studs, so maybe there are production
tolorences there that will allow some metric studs to work with some Mustang
rotors, but it's a crapshoot...

Mike


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