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Uh-Oh..I snapped a front wheel cap stud!

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Yeah chuck, and everyone else, FYI, these are the same ones I picked up at Advanced. I used them on my 1100 for exhaust studs. They worked good, they are not the highest quality, of the 10 pack, 1 had buggered up threads and another had perpedicular threading. It was just threaded in circles, not a connecting thread. I almost striped a hole in the head before I noticed. If I were more patient I would order a better grade of stud, but in the end , these worked fine. Plus at least on my 1100/header combo they could have been a touch longer.
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I know you solved your fork issue. This was just some fyi.
 
We were doing fork seals on Frank Zs Cooley when I snapped one. I didnt even feel it give so i think it may have already been cracked and I just finished it off. And if I remember right there were a few with buggered up threads as well. Probably from the beating around against each other in the package? In any case, as with anything else, you gotta inspect things and run a nut on them before you try them in the actual spot you are intending them for.
 
chuck hahn said:
We were doing fork seals on Frank Zs Cooley when I snapped one. I didnt even feel it give so i think it may have already been cracked and I just finished it off. And if I remember right there were a few with buggered up threads as well. Probably from the beating around against each other in the package? In any case, as with anything else, you gotta inspect things and run a nut on them before you try them in the actual spot you are intending them for.
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Oh yeah, the nuts that came with the pack of studs were the crimped lock type. The nuts were pinched so tight they could not even be threaded on without eating the threads off the studs. Garbage can for those. +1 on inspection. good call.
 
I just bought some of these studs at Advanced. Going to use them for the exhaust on the 550/675, so strength isn't all that important. They threaded in OK, haven't tried the nuts yet.

They did seem a bit cheap but they threaded in OK.
 
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Nuts are those precrushed locking types...not what youll want for a fork cap nut. Stay with the OEM setup is my advice here. For the exhaust i would just get some regular stainless nuts and split washers.
 
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