New wheel stud install questions

[75ranger]

Hey all-

Just go through replacing the 5 wheel studs on my front right disc after I discovere that they PO had cross threaded them quite a bit. This is the Tom's conversion but they tell me that they use the 76-77 Hub rotor assembly so I went with that when getting the studs which matched up pretty darn close.

Question. I got them all pulled into the hub slines and seated on the back side of the rotor. I still have a tiny but of play between the surface of rotor and the back side of the hub. Just enough to "clang" when you pick it up. My assumption is that this is normal and between the torquing of the wheel nuts and the heat of normal operation, those two pieces essentially fuse together.

Is my thinking correct on this? Want to make sure before I button everything back up on the truck.

Thanks for the help.

 

[bronconut73]

I would get a spacer (washers).
Grease the washers up a little.
Tighten the lug nuts down on the studs over the greased washers before reinstalling the wheel.
This way you can see if the studs pull the rotor and hub together before putting the wheel back on.
Clean up all remnants of grease. You do not want it on your wheel studs.

The greased washers prevent you from twisting the stud when you torque down the lug nuts to pull the rotor and hub together.

 

[savage]

If you know someone with a press, I would do that, you don't want any movement at all. If not, do it like bronconut73,said.

 

[75ranger]

Thanks fellas. Come to think of it, between the lug idea with spacers idea above and torquing down the bearings on the axle, it should snug up nicely.

 

[NC-Fordguy]

https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-22800-Wheel-Stud-Installer/dp/B000ETUD22

 

[blubuckaroo]

Are you sure you're applying enough pressure on the lug?
I usually back up the hub with a big block of wood and smack the lug in with four pound hammer and a big punch.
These things were made to work on wherever they break down. A press would be nice, but most of the time it's not necessary.