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Got New Wheels..... But of course there's a problem....


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Dumb but very important quick question....

 

So a few months ago I bought the sawblade wheels for my Lumina (from an LS). Well for Christmas my parents bought tires and had them mounted for me. I went to put them on tonight and they don't fit. The studs aren't really long enough to fit through the wheels. I had the stubby 5 spoke wheels from a Monte Carlo that fit perfectly, so I would have assumed these would fit just as well. Any ideas why they aren't working? Do the LS/LTZ Luminas have longer studs? Do I need spacers or something? I would have thought everything would fit just fine....

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I guess the holes in the wheels are just really deep. Still kind of odd though, not much of the stud shows through. Looking at gmpartsdirect it looks like there are two different lug nuts, one style for the steel wheels and another for the aluminum. I'll swing up there tomorrow anyways since I need to pick up the covers for the lugnuts too.

 

So, I did get them on, but to be honest I'm not sure how much of the thread is being used... Still seems sketchy, but I tightened them down to 100lbs so I'm guessing it's good to go... Idk. Like I said, the stubby 5 spokes fit just fine.. :shrug:

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How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels?

 

If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in.

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How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels?

 

If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in.

 

Better have a BFH and a good impact handy to do this, I did it earlier this year and its no fun!!! IIRC, Snap-on, Matco and possibly Cornhole makes a tool for doing this, it's tapered like the lugnut so no damage is done to the cone on the lugnuts.

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  • 2 weeks later...

My first Lumina had those wheels and it did seem like there was enough but there always was.

 

All of the 88-01 1/1.5 gens use the same hub bearings anyways. Excluding ABS of course.

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Forgot to update... They do fit easily, they just sit so far back in the wheel that you can barely see the lugnuts, but it's just the same as the steel wheels. Guess they just looked funny was all. But my dad agreed they didn't look right. Got the lug covers, so it'll look alright!

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Sacrificial lugnuts?

 

How many complete turns do you get before it begins to snug down? I was always told 7 is the magic number. Was it like that on all your wheels?

 

If it was, I'd go buy 20 new lugnut studs, a few big washers and a few sacrificial lugnuts and replace all the studs, rears should be easy. fronts you'll have to pop the wheelbearing a bit free of the knuckle to slip them in.

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Gotcha. I always just used a deep socket and a rather large C-clamp.

 

ones to kill while pulling new studs through the hubs.
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Gotcha. I always just used a deep socket and a rather large C-clamp.

 

That's how my dad taught me way back in the 80s. Lol. We didnt have air tools.

Now I just use an impact. Much faster.

 

 

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