R32 Gts-4 Wheel Studs

[66gt40lm]

So, I have a GTS-4 that I need all new front wheel studs for. I am curious if they are GTR or GTS-T studs. I found them online with Conceptua and they have GTS-T and GTR studs for sale separately, so I assume they are different spline counts. I'm also assuming they are GTS-T studs, but this car is so confusing when it comes to correct parts. Yes, I've already emailed Conceptua twice and for some reason they haven't replied.

I am hoping someone here maybe has either experience with GTS-4 stud interchangeability or have either GTR/GTS-T studs removed so they can count the splines. The ones I removed have 36 splines. Thank you for any help!

[Ben C34]

They aren't splines, it is a knurl.

Go to a parts shop with your sample. Don't even tell them what it's off.

[djr81]

Are they different at all? The Nismo stuff afaik comes in packets or 8 or 10 to suit the stud count and are different front to rear but they don't appear to differentiate between R32 models. The diameters of the knurled sections is different front to rear but the count is unimportant.

Also nice work Ben on the machining terminology pedantry.

Edited January 15, 2016 by djr81

[66gt40lm]

I don't know if they are different, I wouldn't see Nissan making them different as it would make two separate parts for no good reason. I saw them listed differently, which is why I asked the seller and since they won't reply, asked here. I tried to get on the Nismo site but it wasn't working for some reason, and anything on Google leads me to nothing useful. I know the front is different from the rear for sure, I just wasn't sure about from GTS to GTR.

[hardsteppa]

Mang, knock one out and measure it. Problem solved quicker than you can say Tarmacattackawhangei.

[Ben C34]

He removed one.

Then. Made.. This... Thread....

[djr81]

Give him a break. It is a reasonable question.

I went out and measured a front Nismo stud and the outside of the knurl is 14.25mm or thereabouts. So if yours measures the same you are away as I bought mine for a GTR with ten in a packet.

[66gt40lm]

I didn't know it was just a matter of measuring the diameter and that the knurl count didn't matter, as DJR81 pointed out. I would have figured the count would have mattered. I was merely overthinking it.

So yes, Ben C34, I did make this thread. Considering there isn't another f**king thread about this, I made one. It's a reasonable question considering they had them listed separate and any time I've ever seen "knurls" or splines or certain patterns like that in other applications, usually the number of them matters.

It doesn't matter now as it's been sorted. Thank you for the help.

[djr81]

So what is the diameter of the knurl you pulled out of your car?

[Missileman]

If you bash them out with ol-mate stubby hammer, you risk damage to the wheel bearing, there is a proper tool tool for the job...just saying

[66gt40lm]

14.25mm is what I pulled out.

[blind_elk]

I strongly suspect that Nissan haven't changed studs since whenever.

As an example, the wheel nuts from my 1973 180B SSS fit my 1999 Pathfinder. And the wheel nuts that used to be on my 32 GTS4 fit the SSS.

Maybe the only difference between models might be the length of the stud. But the diameter and thread haven't change since Pontius was a Pilate in the Roman Airforce.

[niZmO_Man]

Good ol' Nissan.

[jiffo]

From front hub of a 1990 R32 GTSt.

Knurl section measured across the "flats".