On my recent trip across Australia I noticed that the wheel studs on the camper trailer had become damaged by rocks and dirt spray from the car. The had always been exposed from the day I purchased it and I had become concerned that the thread was damaged making removal of the nuts difficult or worse, snapping the stud. I noticed that the vehicle studs were covered and enquired at a couple of accessory stores about covered (Dome Head) nuts. As they are a long thread, obtaining a nut to suit was difficult and the option was to use an angle grinder to cut off the long stud or continue the search for a suitable nut.
A very simple and quick method was found at a local tyre store who had a variety of lengths and thread sizes to suit. They even had the chamfer on the nut as these are 'nut eccentric hubs' which suits my unit. They cost $2.50 each for a long chrome nut so 12 nuts and a couple of spares set me back $35.00. This will certainly save me from a broken and/or damaged stud when I again head down a long dirt road.
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