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Old 08-14-2013, 10:47 PM   #639
Atommik
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Re: 51 Chevy 1/2 ton, My S10 swap

The rear fender is repaired and in primer. I'll block it out tomorrow and hopefully paint it Friday.

Tonight I bled the brakes and put some lock tite on the studs for the wheel spacers. The right rear lug nuts to the spacer were just snug, not tight! I think I figured out the main cause of the problem. When I got the spacers they came with a set of lug nuts. They were nicer than the original S10 nuts I had been using on my Z28 wheels. So I used the S10 nuts to hold the spacer on and the new nuts to hold the wheel to the spacer. As I disassembled everything tonight, I realized the beveled edge on the S10 nuts did not fit snugly in the wheel spacer. I think it was not making enough surface contact with the spacer's beveled edge, causing them to loosen with vibration. So I put the correct nuts on the spacer and bought some new lug nuts to fit the Z28 wheels. That should take care of that problem. I will be checking those nuts on a regular basis from now on!!
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