Scooterotica

To fit long studs for SIP tubeles. Having a real problem doing this as th studs are way too shallow to get a decent grip on. Have tried double nutting from the other side but they won't budge. Any suggestions?

I tighten the shallow headed bolts in a vice. Then heat up the stud area and turn the whole hub leaving the stud stationery in the vice. Same for rear hub too. Worth a go?

i grind the chamfer of a socket so that there is mak contact with the "nut" part of the stud also use a blow tourch on the hub allow to cool a bit then spray wd on the threads and hope it gets pulled in as it continues to cool

Cheers, I'll give it a go. May pick up another hub though and recon and paint it so I don't end up off the road.

you've remembered they're left hand thread haven't you

if all the above fails, weld a bar onto the head, gives good leverage and the heat of welding helps too

I had the same problem, in the end took rear hub off cleaned around the stud, ground a socket flush its best to use a socket with a hexagonal shape for the stud head to fit into, put the hub in a workmate and heated the stud area with a blowtorch and undid the stud it moved a bit then tightened up squirted penetrating oil in moved it a bit more heated again and eventually it unscrewed, the front innocenti disc hub was worse, luckily I had spare hubs to use so I could get them re-painted after and just swap them over. yes don`t forget they are L/H thread, took me best part of a day to swap 8 studs !, I dreaded damaging the the disc hub so was very careful, worth it though the SIP wheels went straight on and look the bolxocks, the black ones with polished rims.

Yes I knew they were left hand threads, got the rear sorted easily but the front hub is powder coated and the heads are very shallow. Think I'll build up a new hub and have it painted then go at the original one. The scoots just back on the road after 5 years and don't want to disable it.

Thanks for all the replies some great ideas there.

Alan (diablo moto) had the same problem when he fitted mine
He ground down one of his best sockets to get a bet grip,
the seller of these rims should offer a free fitting service
and a stay at his lytham country house

[quote="Special X"]Yes I knew they were left hand threads, got the rear sorted easily but the front hub is powder coated and the heads are very shallow.
Both my hubs were also powder coated and I couldn`t get the studs out, thats why I used my spare hubs.