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Wheel studs
I was looking to buy some new wheel studs for my '69 F100. A couple of them are boogered up pretty bad so I went to O'Reillys. The guy there said there were two different ones, one was 1 1/2" and the other was 2 1/2". On a 2 wheel drive, which one of these would fit? I know, I should take off the wheels and look, and if I don't find out any other way, I will. It has drum brakes all around.
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If it is like any of the wheel studs i have ever replaced on a 2wd truck they would be the 1 1/2 inch studs. I guess it wouldn't hurt to have the 2 1/2 inchers if everything else is the same, but they would be awful long. Maybe somebody else who is more informed than me can help you out though.
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well, i'm happy to try and help, but i'm not entirely sure either, somebody else might could tell you for sure. Do you have to replace very many? I have never had to replace the rear ones, but i know the front ones are a pita to replace without a hydraulic press. I replaced a set on a model A front axle about 2 years ago, what a job 
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yeah, it probably isn't a bad idea, i guess you may as well do all of them while you are at it. by the way, i saw your truck in your gallery, and mine is a 69 with a 360 too. yours looks a whole lot better though
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I would use the 1 1/2 long studs and you do not need a press to take them out. All you need to do is to have the drum off and place it on a hard surface. You can pound out the old ones from the top. Then turn the drum over. With a solid piece of a steel shaft, about the same size as the end of the stud, hammer the new ones in. I would place a cloth under the hub if I was replacing the front studes.
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I would use the 1 1/2 long studs and you do not need a press to take them out. All you need to do is to have the drum off and place it on a hard surface. You can pound out the old ones from the top. Then turn the drum over. With a solid piece of a steel shaft, about the same size as the end of the stud, hammer the new ones in. I would place a cloth under the hub if I was replacing the front studes.
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A lead or a brass hammer will work sometimes. On the rear axle, instead of pulling the axels, try pulling the new stud in place by using some washers and a new lug nut driven by a good impact wrench. Don't forget to lube the threads.
About a hundred years ago, well maybe 50, Chrysler used to use left hand threads on the one side of the vehicle. We would routinely punch out the lefty's and us the impact to "pull' in ten righty's that we got from the boneyard.
Chrysler was always fun to work on, in the fifties they also used left and right hand threaded lug "BOLTS" instead of studs w/lug nuts. Don't get me started.
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About a hundred years ago, well maybe 50, Chrysler used to use left hand threads on the one side of the vehicle. We would routinely punch out the lefty's and us the impact to "pull' in ten righty's that we got from the boneyard.
Chrysler was always fun to work on, in the fifties they also used left and right hand threaded lug "BOLTS" instead of studs w/lug nuts. Don't get me started.
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I have an old international axle under a water tanker i built, it laid around on the ground for at least about 20 years, and it had left hand threads. It was a little hard to find a grease seal for it too, being that I don't know what it was out of, and it didn't show up in the books. I replaced the other hub and spindle that was missing with one off of an 80-something econoline. Nice to be able to use right hand thread nuts.
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