Dorman studs/ wheel stud install and sizing. (not happy with dorman)

For those who plan on doing this mod... Do yourself a favor and get 2 huge nuts as spacers. Using your brake rotor as a spacer is BS and it doesnt even work since the new studs are so long.

Not sure why no one mentioned this in the previous how to posts.

took 4 hours to do 6 studs before i went and got the nuts. After i got the right spacers to torque the studs into place it took me around 1.5 hours to do 18.

I also measured with a caliper and the dorman studs are MUCH larger in diameter than the stock tacoma studs. impact wrench was working overtime to smash them in. god what a headache it was.

Knurl Dia: 14.20mm (0.559inch) BS Dorman!
i measured and they were .576 I'm not sure what they're allowed as far as being in spec, but this was far from being in spec.
It was such a PITA that I'm almost tempted to call them and get some sort of explanation.
Anyone else measure their studs before installing?

 

Took you four hours to do 6 wheel studs???


I used washers with some grease.

 

Probably a bit longer since i started it one day and then the sun went down and then i started it again the next day lol. Knocking out the old studs was a breeze. 3-4 whacks with a hammer and they came out.

I could not find anything in my garage to use as a spacer. I found a large socket for industrial sized nuts which rested against the elevated hub, i then spaced the opposite side of the socket with a huge allen key.

someone mentioned they used a c clamp so i tried that route. No way in hell.
each stud took enough time for Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John adams to rewrite the Declaration of Independence three times. Well until i got large nuts for spacers.



How'd you get the washers to sit flush by clearing the elevated part in the hub?
I oiled the studs, but i doubt that helped any. The studs were super off on sizing.

 

Last comment LOL!


It took me 30min to do both drivers side and passengers side wheel studs. I suggest you go with ARP wheel studs next time.

EDIT: It only took me 30min cuz I had an impact gun.

 

30 minutes sounds about right. After i got the right spacers it was fairly easy, but the studs were so off sized that the impact wrench was struggling.

i should have gone arp =( they were so expensive though.

I envy the fact that it took you 30 minutes per wheel from the get go! =(

 

The thing that sucks about buying APR wheel studs is the fact only 5 come in a pack so you have to buy 3 packs to have a total of 12 wheel studs. It's about $30.00 for each pack, end up spending $90 for set.

 

thats one other way to make us purchase more than we need!

thats mighty expensive, but not was much as 120 for some other ones i saw.

I think i paid 40ish for my set shipped.

 

Oh cool. I have a set of ARP wheel studs sitting in the garage. I've been to lazy to put them on the truck. haha

 

you havent even installed the arp's yet??? lol Maybe inflation will let you sell them back for a profit!!

 

Where the ARP studs to long for the nuts? Did you have to use anything special?