Upgrade question
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From: Everett, WA
So I have had many different tire and rim sizes on my 02 XL. 2 times now I put 10 inch wide rims on it and it has snapped the lug bolts right out of the rotor and caused other damages. I have 8 inch wide now but was wondering if changing to a 6 or even 8 lug pattern would help so I can run a wider rim on my truck. I want to use it for mudding and look. I know our 150's werent meant to run them but I don't have the money to go to a 250 or 350 yet but thought this could be a happy compromise for the time being.
Here is my experience with them:
EDIT: are you sinking the lugs into the hub all the way? The last thing you want is to not do that, and it moves 1/32nd of an inch. When replacing studs, I would go to a scrap yard for a could reasons:
1. OEM parts
2. Cheap OEM parts.
Last edited by Red-Ford; Sep 11, 2014 at 09:31 PM.
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LOL. Sorry Red. I chuckle everytime I see that pic. Unless your changing out the axles completely, your still gonna have a 5 lug connection to the adapter anyways. Doesn't matter if you have 6, 8, or 24 on the wheel, 5 will be holding it on there. I'd be replacing hub assemblies and ensuring I had the correct nuts & torque. Problem solved.
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Get factory OEM studs,
Get the right lug nuts (acorn or flange, and then size and thread type)
Torque them town to the correct setting
Re-torque them after 50, 100, and 500 miles, I still re-torque mine every month.
Get the right lug nuts (acorn or flange, and then size and thread type)
Torque them town to the correct setting
Re-torque them after 50, 100, and 500 miles, I still re-torque mine every month.
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From: Everett, WA
LOL. Sorry Red. I chuckle everytime I see that pic. Unless your changing out the axles completely, your still gonna have a 5 lug connection to the adapter anyways. Doesn't matter if you have 6, 8, or 24 on the wheel, 5 will be holding it on there. I'd be replacing hub assemblies and ensuring I had the correct nuts & torque. Problem solved.
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Hey red got a question about brakes now. I do a lot of towing and was wondering what I should do about upgrading my brakes. Most of the braking is in the front so should I go with just something bigger up front and leave stock back? If so where should I start looking and what size?
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Hey red got a question about brakes now. I do a lot of towing and was wondering what I should do about upgrading my brakes. Most of the braking is in the front so should I go with just something bigger up front and leave stock back? If so where should I start looking and what size?