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I checked the length of ours and they are 45mm, I think that the older defender hubs were thicker than the later ones which accounts for the 2 lengths 40/45 ideally we need about 4.5mm more, the 60mm would be OK but then people start mentioning there is too much thread poking out! for me I'm...

Yeah caps instantly remove the look of uncertainty!

The series 3 definitely looks about the same amount of engagement as ours are now

Would you have as many threads in view as ours in the first photo...if you get really bored at some stage with nothing better to do...it would be good to know how many full turns you get out of the nut from very first engagement on the thread to fully tightened just as a comparison, we get 7...

Cheers for that, completely understand your reasoning .... guess I've just become a bit obsessed over the theory of whether the wheel is safely and securely fastened 3 threads short, I'm guessing it is but as you say if in doubt just swap them out and get on with it!

So your saying just change the studs or the extra torque will be fine? I guess as we have a couple of sets to sell as well as the ones currently on my sons truck I just wanted some qualified reasoning to advise someone buying them that they need to or dont need to change the studs and also to...

Good point and I think your right. We have 2 different sets of nuts and there would be around 1 thread difference between them and after having a closer look on nut is a little longer in the body and has more of a taper to where the threads start. Both though engage onto the stud the same...

Awesome...thanks Dag...that covers the torque and a copy of the military one would be great as that would help cover the short stud issue, thanks again

Thanks...what I ideally would like is the complete document as I think it mentions the studs falling short in the nut and the exposed threads, would ideally like this to be officially landrover approved and maybe the complete document indicates that. I'm fine with the extra torque, its just...

Thanks...what I ideally would like is the complete document as I think it mentions the studs falling short in the nut and the exposed threads, would ideally like this to be officially landrover approved and maybe the complete document indicates that. I'm fine with the extra torque, its just...

Hi Dag...have you had a chance to see if you could source the MOD that allowed the HD rims to be retrofitted, I still have had no joy finding anything

Yeah.....be great to get the landrover endorsed document, the wheel manufacturer has come back to me with 150NM torque for the 8mm thickness so just need something to confirm that the less than 16mm engagement on the nut is all good

Torque value aside I'm mainly interested in finding out if landrover approved or still approve if the slightly less than 16mm engagement is OK as that is deemed an 'engineering norm at width of stud to equal length of engagement' I think its probably OK but just want some evidence to back up...

True and good point, ours are 8mm thick disk (against the hub) not sure what the genuine HD rims were but think they may have been 10mm? but have seen differing thicknesses, anyone able to confirm?

That would be great thanks...