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StingrayL82
Jul 25, 2018Explorer II
The front wheel hub/stud debacle is slowly fading in my rear view mirror. I went to NAPA yesterday and spent the better part of an hour with my buddy, who is the manager there, looking through the catalog for the right wheel stud...easier said than done.
Leeann, I know you said that Dorman makes the stud but, if they still do, you must have a different front wheel setup than mine; my wheel stud is NLA. A few days ago we ordered what we thought was the correct stud, only to find out it looked nothing like mine. It took a lot of research to find out that it is obsolete.
I was, however, lucky enough to find a guy on eBay who had a box of those NLA studs for sale, so I snagged it up. The downside is that the box will not arrive until July 23rd, so I'm a bit dead in the water. While I was at NAPA, I picked up a new front lug nut, two front brake hoses and a rear driver side wheel cylinder.
When I got home the other day I decided to focus on finishing the engine compartment and giving our motorhome its face back. By 10:45 I was finished, including installing the NOS grille turn signal lenses and gaskets....much better than the old, warped and cracked units that were in there. See the above pic.


Leeann, I know you said that Dorman makes the stud but, if they still do, you must have a different front wheel setup than mine; my wheel stud is NLA. A few days ago we ordered what we thought was the correct stud, only to find out it looked nothing like mine. It took a lot of research to find out that it is obsolete.
I was, however, lucky enough to find a guy on eBay who had a box of those NLA studs for sale, so I snagged it up. The downside is that the box will not arrive until July 23rd, so I'm a bit dead in the water. While I was at NAPA, I picked up a new front lug nut, two front brake hoses and a rear driver side wheel cylinder.
When I got home the other day I decided to focus on finishing the engine compartment and giving our motorhome its face back. By 10:45 I was finished, including installing the NOS grille turn signal lenses and gaskets....much better than the old, warped and cracked units that were in there. See the above pic.


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