my auto teacher gave me some 3.5in gm performance parts wheel studs. i want to put them on but im just wondering,do i have to pull the axle shafts out to install these? or will they just go in. i only want to put tham in the rear not the front

 

Why do you need 3.5 inch studs are you trying to take out pedestrians or what.

 

there not just regular studs. they are the hardened kind that are used to run slicks at the track

 

You only need long studs when you have a racing rim with a thick hub. Weld Draglites need them because the center hub has 2 outer pieces of the rim with a floating center section as the hub. It's about 1.5-2" thick. The length of the stud has nothing to do with using slicks or not.

If you only use typical tapered wheels nut rims then you don't need the extra long studs. You can get hardened studs in regular length.

Are you sure they will even fit. There's about a dozen different sizes depending on the size of the hole in the axle and the size of the nut you want to use. Your car will have 12mm studs. I use 1/2" on the rear and 7/16 on the front of my race car.

You should never ("PULL") the wheel stud through the axle. It stretches the stud and can strip the threads. It's always best to push, hammer or press it in. The best way to do it is by pulling the axles however it can be done with the axles in with a hammer. You risk breaking off the end of the axle that holds the c-clip if you hammer on the axle too hard or even warping the flange slightly. Plus there's not a lot of room to swing a hammer straight on to the stud.

 

i need them to make it easier to put on my prostars, there a pain to put on. because they use ss/t lugnuts