Hello MaxA
I know it's been over 5 years since your original post, but this thread came up in a search, so thought I would post a reply
Did you get very far with the stud conversion? Which studs did you go with - the Rennline studs? I haven't heard very good things about them tbh. I know of 1 GT3 owner here who has experienced these studs cracking, and I've read similar experiences on Rennlist. Whether this is down to user error or component quality, no idea...
Reason I'm posting is I have a couple of sets of different studs which I'm yet to try out. The thing stopping me is the inconsistent views I've read with respect to using threadlock - on the internet, but also from speaking with people directly
Some people don't bother, some people say they wouldn't use studs without threadlock. Some people say blue is fine, other people say NEVER use blue, use red, and others say NEVER use red lol. Minefield...
My assessment so far is that the threadlock is there to prevent the studs from backing out from the hub, when you loosen the nuts to remove a wheel. The risk is that the person changing the wheel does not notice this and merrily refits the wheel and nuts without realising the bolts have loosened from the hub. This is what the threadlock is supposed to be for ...
So my current thinking is, if I am prepared to re-torque the studs into the hub EVERY time I change a wheel, then there's no need to use threadlock
It then gets more complex when people also insist that the threadlock is there to stop the studs from loosening due to vibration etc while driving, but if you torque to the manufacturer(s) limits (whatever the stud manufacturer stated NM is for the studs into the hub, and then 160NM for us for the wheel nuts), then there shouldn't be a problem surely... but I'm no engineer and this is only my laymans assessment
So those are my thoughts really, I would be interested to see if any other forum members here have any thoughts
I'm happy to re-torque the studs into the hub on every wheel change as a precaution, so in principle I'm happy to go threadlock-free... but I'm chicken and am yet to fit the studs I've sourced until I've done more research
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