Wheel studs - nobody has the right ones

[MyRedEclipse]

I've searched the hell out of this problem and it's pissing me the hell off.

Like quite a few others, my wheel studs broke off. I'm a mechanic, I know how to change them out if I have the right parts. Turns out that the wheel studs on my eclipse are some super rare JDM studs or some bullshit like that. EVERY parts house in town carries studs for my car (its a 98 if that makes a difference), but the splined portion doesn't match the ones on my car. Mine are a little more than .050" smaller than the studs carried by the parts houses. The Mitsubishi dealer's OEM studs are even too big. The splined shoulder portion is just too fat to fit in the hub.

I'm pretty aggravated right now because a job that should have taken under a half hour is turning out to take 3 days. My last resort is going to be getting a whole new spindle. But I'm going to ream the holes out about .020" and see where that takes me first.

My question is this: Why do I have different studs than anybody else, even the 98 eclipse in the junkyard?

 

[tallywacker]

I've searched the hell out of this problem and it's pissing me the hell off.

Like quite a few others, my wheel studs broke off. I'm a mechanic, I know how to change them out if I have the right parts. Turns out that the wheel studs on my eclipse are some super rare JDM studs or some bullshit like that. EVERY parts house in town carries studs for my car (its a 98 if that makes a difference), but the splined portion doesn't match the ones on my car. Mine are a little more than .050" smaller than the studs carried by the parts houses. The Mitsubishi dealer's OEM studs are even too big. The splined shoulder portion is just too fat to fit in the hub.

I'm pretty aggravated right now because a job that should have taken under a half hour is turning out to take 3 days. My last resort is going to be getting a whole new spindle. But I'm going to ream the holes out about .020" and see where that takes me first.

My question is this: Why do I have different studs than anybody else, even the 98 eclipse in the junkyard?

You do realize you have to pull the studs through right? They are supposed to fit in there very tight. Usually when the idea "I have some crazy JDM thing" is your answer, you best do some research. I doubt your cars studs are any different than anyone else. Your studs are not supposed to slide right in.

 

[rarest_90_DsM]

can you post a pic of them side by side? that makes absolutely no sense my girls car is a 99 and i just did studs in hers, even used some from a 1g have you tried just knocking one in? They should be super tight. Air hammer my tool of choice or a couple closed end wrenches a old lug nut and a beasty impact. Try taking a old one to autozone and finding a parts guy worth a shit and have him pull some from a couple dif cars try a 1g a neon stuff like that as long as they are 12x1.25 and of a close length you should be ok just my 2cents though.

 

[qnz]

Its not supposed to slide in easily. Mitsu didnt change their wheel studs over the years. In fact, I was able to remove some off a 8g galant to use on my 2g eclipse.

 

[AndrewD5418]

My buddy just ran into this problem too. We even compared the old and the new stud and it's visually smaller than the one he just pulled out. The passenger side went in no prob, the drivers sides will not go in..

 

[BLINKY619]

have you tried the non turbo ones...!!!

 

[AndrewD5418]

Found out what it was....
The after-market replacement "Timken" studs are slightly smaller where it gets pressed into the hub.