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I tried a wheel and the correct nuts on the long stud this morning.  With the closed nuts the studs are definately two long, so I had a few options.  Take a grinder to the studs, buy new open ended nuts or modify the nuts I have.


I decided that I would take the tops off of the acorn nuts, because buying new nuts would cost money, and grinding the studs would cost time.  I machined the nuts during my break at work.


So, take 16 of these:



Let this ginger grinning bafoon loose on them:



And end up with these:



Yes I know the ends will rust, but I can blob a little paint on them and its not like the south east asia spec chrome was going to last long anyway. 


Fingers crossed that it stays dry tonight and I can get on with the front studs.


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