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Vettech:
That's very interesting, all 5 studs at once, bates some questions.
1. I assume a front wheel possibly left hand side.
2. Were you running stock for year tyre/wheel size combination?
3. If not what sizes ?

Thanks.

mjs:
Sounds pretty bad, very glad you made it out undamaged !  If you find out what caused it would like to know.

There's a bloke called Leo ( Muscle Car Restorations - Mob: 0425200898) does a fab job.  He did the back to bare respray job on our car when we bought it, and is about to do an accident repair on it very soon.  He's been moving a lot of vettes through there for over 2 years, a lot of them Club guys.  Only problem he's in Campbelltown (Sydney).  You can see his work on his FB page below:

https://www.facebook.com/MuscleCarRestorations/

cheers
Matt

craigh:

--- Quote from: metalhead on August 15, 2017, 12:19:07 PM ---Damage isn't terrible, actually I think I was quite lucky considering what happened, but still not a good day...  Broke away a big piece of the wheel arch and destroyed the air dam.  It sheered all 5 studs (right front), not sure why, and most surprisingly to me, I had no warning anything was wrong.  I was travelling at around 80kmh at the time. Couldn't actually find the wheel when it happened, but went back the next day and located it eventually. Needless to say, I'll be replacing all the studs. Luckily I found someone who had Chevy wheel studs in their shed.  Had to remove the hub on the side of the road and take it to replace the studs so that I could get a wheel back on the car to get it home.

--- End quote ---

Your very lucky to not be much worse off.

For all 5 studs to sheer off is very unusual if there was no shock etc first. 

And at 80ks lucky no one hit u in the process as well as keeping it away from posts etc.

bfit:
5 studs are not going to shear in one episode unless there has been an incident that has stressed the studs past there electric limit and/or they has been cracked  due to cyclic conditions
  In 40 odd years anything could have happened , I fit 1/2'' studs  to my Vette`s as it's a cheap safety feature considering the alternative  when it goes wrong .
My current upgrade is getting 14x1.5 mm studs available on the VF commodore.

sirfixalot:
By the look of your aviata you have aftermarket wheels on your car do you run hubcentric rings in wheels to centre or are relying on the studs to centre the wheel ?

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