never seen the special studs for the harley hub in mac master car if you find them let me know

 

I took Aquadan005's post to mean that Mac master has grade 8 round stock that a person could fabricate their own studs out of.
I'm still checking the website though.

 

the end threads are rolled NOT cut like you would do with a die, and you would cut past the real hardness in the stud as they are not through hardened like the OEM studs are

 

Call ARP just for fun. If someone was stuck they could make you a set. I needed 24 rod bolts for an engine I was building and the OEM bolts were $75 each so I sent ARP one sample and $230 later I had 24 new bolts with rolled threads (the best way to make a fastener). A stud would be a cake-walk for them and fast turn around.

 

Excuse my ignorance, but who is ARP?

 

http://arp-bolts.com/

 

Isn't just a " stud " they are rather specific to the application, you have 3 different diameters, a snap ring groove and the threaded end with the shaft area ground to size.

 

And my rod bolts were not just bolts. They were for titanium rods that used the ground sections as a means of centering the cap on the rod, no dowels, no pins, just the bolts and they need to sustain 9000RPM stints. They can make studs for anything, even old studs from the 60's for a 50HP engine before they had CAD. Just trying to help

 

I appreciate the help for sure.
I received my "Made in the USA" studs today.
The only problem now is, I can't get the old studs out of the hub.
I'm at a loss right now as to what to do. I'll do some more web searching to see if I can find a video.
The new ones just press in and then I will peen them.

 

Two ways depending on your skill & tools available , first is use a ball burr and grind out the crushed area on the back of the hub. It's a tapered shallow hole so don't go crazy and then use a roll pin punch and knock them out.

Other way is drill out the crushed part and the the drift punch again, needs decent drill bits, a clean center punch and a steady hand. Be sure to put a nut on all the threaded studs so when you try to peen it over you don't distort the threads. Best way is find a buddy or a shop with a torch setup, heat the end then peen it over. Spot welding the them once peened isn't a bad idea if you have access.