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Old 10-19-2017, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob S
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If you can obtain photographs (including good close ups) of the failures and post them, that would be interesting. Also, was the track where this guy ran (or were the tracks, if more than one), primarily run in the clockwise direction?

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I don't have the pictures and he did not take any unfortunately before throwing away the studs. He told me they were sheared right at the hub. It was the left rear wheel on a clockwise track, so yes, the left rear is the most heavily loaded wheel. Most if not all of his track time has been on this track.
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This was running 94ft lbs. Left rear.
Old 10-23-2017, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by powdrhound
Yes, Matt. I use OEM steel lug nuts from the air cooled cars. You can get them at the dealer or many places on ebay like here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-356-...1Rsu4O&vxp=mtr
Bought a set of these ^ to go with some fresh studs.
In case anyone's wondering what they look like from this eBay seller:
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Originally Posted by Burger


This was running 94ft lbs. Left rear.
Classic fatigue failure: initiation around 10:00 at a thread root near the hub surface. Final fracture around 4:00. Flat fracture surface. No obvious defects. Higher magnification examination would almost certainly show telltale marks (called striations) throughout the fracture surface that confirm cyclic growth of the crack.

Gotta stop that bending. Sufficient torque is the answer!



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