 | Home > Series Land Rovers > Wolf wheels do they require longer studs |
 
|
|
|
| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17565   
|
1) Some say yes, most say no. LR themselves fitted Wolf rims with standards studs, so no is correct.
2) There are two variants of Wolf rim, one for tubes and one for tubeless. You cannot fit tubeless tyres to tube-type rims, but you can fir tube-type tyres with tubes on tubeless rims. |
||
4th Feb 2019 10:06pm |
|
| Mountain_man Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Right side of Offas Dyke Posts: 756 
|
What he said. My mate is a fireman and the LR 130 tender straight from Land Rover Special Vehicles is fitted with Wold HD wheels. The top of the wheel stud is about 2-3 mm down INSIDE the wheel nut.
|
||
|
5th Feb 2019 8:29am |
|
| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
|
They will also work with long studs... so there's no correct answer.
For peace of mind, I fitted long studs. If you're fitting them on a Series, I'm not entirely sure they'll be as long as a Defender stud with the 'line' across the end? |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 8:57am |
|
| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7908 
|
I tried fitting Wolf to my 1984 Ninety and wasn't comfortable that the stud was only about 3/4 through the nut. I'm sure it would be fine but for for the sake of £150, I personally didn't want to risk it. They do now protrude a long way though.
 Click image to enlarge James MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 9:19am |
|
| Mdm Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 1635
|
the army have old and new lr with wolf wheels fitted without issue and they have a fair few and use them hard sometimes.
eg 3.6 and 3,8 ton 110 and 130 and thats before they overload them with folk and their kit. there are tech bulletins from lr on the subject if you ask them about it im sure they will share the info with you. |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 4:40pm |
|
| Vogler Member Since: 02 Nov 2014 Location: Brussels Posts: 309  
|
Britannica Restorations mentions in that the British Army used standard studs but applied higher torque to the bolts: 170Nm.
Regards, Joris Antares Treadwell, a MY06 110 Td5 in Chawton White |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 5:28pm |
|
| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17565
|
The nuts should be tighter for the Wolf steel wheels, that is correct.
The question of stud length and nut torque has discussed many times before on this forum. |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 6:55pm |
|
| strang Member Since: 16 May 2012 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 1383 
|
I have Wolf wheels on my Series One. I also have the old style reversible wheel nuts, which are longer than the normal nuts, and so I have fitted longer studs, as it would look really odd otherwise. I guess it would have been cheaper to fit later style nuts, but I like the security of the long studs. Euro-Leafing to infinity and beyond.....
|
||
|
5th Feb 2019 7:09pm |
|
| Mash Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Guernsey Posts: 1674  
|
I should have a spare set of “wolf” studs in the workshop if you decide to go that route, sure we can make it cheaper than £150
 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html 110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html 52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html D3 Hse - Fiona Capri 2l S - Anna Think I might have a problem............ |
||
|
5th Feb 2019 9:10pm |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2025 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
