14RAM4X4
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- Joined
- Aug 19, 2014
- Posts
- 351
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- Location
- Sweating somewhere in South Texas
- Ram Year
- 2015 RAM 2500 4x4
- Engine
- 6.4L Hemi
So my 2015 Ram 2500 4x4 Tradesman was in the shop for a loud clanking sound and vibration. It started on my drive to work Friday. I jumped out, did a walk around and couldn't see anything wrong. I shook the tires a bit, but everything seemed tight. I thought, "crap, please don't be gears or transmission. let it be somthing simple, like a u-joint."
Dropped it off at discount tire. 10 min later, they said they found the problem, 2 studs on the passenger side broke. One was apparently holding on by a sliver of metal and as soon as they put a wrench on it, it came off. The other stud was half broken off inside the lug nut with about 1/4 that the lugnut could still grab.
Looking up the part #, mopar is wanting a LOT per stud and they are m14x1.5"
So I was talking to my cousin who has the same truck as me, just a 2010 and his truck uses the 9/16-18 wheel studs. Has anyone swapped the metric studs to the 9/16-18 studs? They appear to be the same diameter on the end that presses into the hub. Can anyone confirm this or have tried but it didn't work? Those studs are less than half the price of the OEM mopar ones and possibly stronger from different manufacturers.
Anyone out there able to drop some knowledge on this?
Dropped it off at discount tire. 10 min later, they said they found the problem, 2 studs on the passenger side broke. One was apparently holding on by a sliver of metal and as soon as they put a wrench on it, it came off. The other stud was half broken off inside the lug nut with about 1/4 that the lugnut could still grab.
Looking up the part #, mopar is wanting a LOT per stud and they are m14x1.5"
So I was talking to my cousin who has the same truck as me, just a 2010 and his truck uses the 9/16-18 wheel studs. Has anyone swapped the metric studs to the 9/16-18 studs? They appear to be the same diameter on the end that presses into the hub. Can anyone confirm this or have tried but it didn't work? Those studs are less than half the price of the OEM mopar ones and possibly stronger from different manufacturers.
Anyone out there able to drop some knowledge on this?