Vogey

I am having problems with the stock wheel studs on my 99 xj and stock alum jeep rims, the lug nuts dont thread all the way on studs b4 bottoming out on rim, and sure enough the driver front came off wheeling the other day. So i went to parts store and asked for longer studs... hour later they tell me im s.o.l... is there a reasonably priced longer stud for our jeeps?

EvstaG

I dealt with the exact same thing a couple years back. The studs from an 2003 (not 100% sure on the year) TJ Rubicon had almost identical knurling diameter, same thread obviously, and were two or three turns longer. Past that, you're probably looking at custom ARP racing wheel studs.

Edit: FWIW, the right ARP studs look like they're $14.50 from Jegs for a set of 5

caged

it sounds to me like it has the wrong wheel bearing(s) on it. 99 was a mid switch year for bearings.

bad_idea

I'm not real familiar with the 99s, but caged is on to something. Something has changed on that vehicle to cause the issue. Can't imagine wheels have been falling off that vehicle since 1999. Rather than modify the vehicle to work with the new issue it has, I would find the issue and fix it.

Vogey

I looked up studs for every year 84-01 they were all the same part number and lenght 1-5/8s, also im failing to connect the dots between bearings and lug studs?

Wellsr0602

oriellys

caged

the hat height changed mid way through 99, so if you have a latter 99, and somehow have early 99 hubs on it, your studs won't be long enough to hold the wheel on safely.

i found that out by having the wrong hubs ordered in, when i installed them, they fit, but the wheels couldn't be bolted on safely, as in your problem.

the length of the studs are the same, but the depth of the complete hub has changed.

i was able to install the wheel to just move it out of the shop until the new hub came in, but no way would i take it on the highway.

WJBill

go to the parts store and ask for 2000 cherokee studs they're about 3/8ths longer.

oldguy52

Ran into this as well. I used the following link to Dorman.

Look up yours. Pay attention to front vs rear. Once you know your thread/length and knurl you can then lookup for longer stud. Problem I found is that there's almost never a longer stud with the exact same knurl and shoulder. The knurl is the splines that keep the stud from spinning but you don't have to exact match. I didn't.

If you go from say a .618 knurl to .623 it will be hard to pull in (use grease) but it will go. Got an extra 3/8 this way.

https://www.dormanproducts.com/Pages...are/index.aspx

Vogey

I ended up getting studs for a 03 wrangler rubicon up front and 98 zj with disc brakes in rear for rear, but ran into a new problem compressing the caliper putting new rotors n pads in, apparently the piston is made outta some fiberglass like material and broke, when i hit it with c clamp like ive done on every other vehicle ive ever changed brakes on... now it sits waiting for caliper and in left wondering is there a trick i missed?

WJBill

Leave the old pad in place until you compress the piston.

MWMahoneyJr

This totally sounds like a bearing issue - you probably have the thicker, cast rotor on your hub, when you should have the thinner, composite rotor.

THIS POST in my build thread explains it (with images.):
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/20...9/#post3372293

Vogey

This is what i did actually (it's how ive always done it, was more so curious if maybe they were twist in pistons like my caddy had) im guessing the caliper mightve been bad to begin with

Nelson Galicia

i have a xj 96 i need to get a longer wheel studs, someone tell me that if i get studs for xj 2000 are longer about 3/4 than what i have i my xj 96.. any one can confirm that ??? and would it fit easly in my xj

OmgNoWai

Go to the parts store and have them pull a 2000 XJ and a 1995 ZJ or any year ZJ. Im pretty sure that ZJ studs are longer than XJ. They should have the same knarl size. Hammer out the Xj ones and hammer in the ZJ.