maikan Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) I took a look at the hardware that was ship with the warn hubs. When I tried to screw the bolts on the studs, I realized the the bolts are not perfectly round !!! One end is round but the other end is oval ( 0 instead of o ) and they are all the same. I can screw for a little bit but the studs stuck just before passing through the bolts. Are the bolts made that way to insure a kind of auto-blocking system ?? Or do I need to be really pissed off because they send me crap ?? Thanks Edited March 24, 2010 by Pezzy image fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I don't recall having any such issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Yep. That's a locking type of nut. Nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikan Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Are you serious, is this a locking nut ? So i just have to screw it real tight and that should work fine ? Even though it look weird this is good to know. Thanks P.S. Thanks for the image, edit I have a tough time posting images. Edited March 24, 2010 by maikan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSquirrel Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 They are locknuts. They are used where higher temperatures can damage nylocks. Hubs do get pretty warm, especially for highway driving. Only trouble with them is they are single-use pieces. They don't have the same holding power after they've been removed. That, however, can be remedied with a little red locktite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikan Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Great, thanks everybody for your input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathlesstaken Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 will the Warn hubs fit inside the stock 6 spoke 16" wheels from an 03 Pathy, or should I just wait until I buy new wheels before purchasing manual hubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 will the Warn hubs fit inside the stock 6 spoke 16" wheels from an 03 Pathy, or should I just wait until I buy new wheels before purchasing manual hubs? yes, they will. i've seen many other pathys with WARN hubs and the same wheels and i'll be putting some WARN hubs on mine once i get them. the hubs just won't clear the center cap, so you'll have to dremel out the nissan logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathlesstaken Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 yes, they will. i've seen many other pathys with WARN hubs and the same wheels and i'll be putting some WARN hubs on mine once i get them. the hubs just won't clear the center cap, so you'll have to dremel out the nissan logo. I think we're talking about diiferent wheels, I looked today and Im almost certain the wran hubs will not fit my wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 post a pic of your wheels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) I think we're talking about diiferent wheels, I looked today and Im almost certain the wran hubs will not fit my wheel. these? these are the same wheels i have, and are the 6 spokes that i'm referring to. props obviously to 01silvapathy for a nice truck. Edited April 3, 2010 by edwinsyip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 these? these are the same wheels i have, and are the 6 spokes that i'm referring to. props obviously to 01silvapathy for a nice truck. Thanks bro...more pics of what I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 did you re-do the c-caps? in your sig pic, it looks like it fits much more closely to the hub as compared to the space you cutout for them in the other pics. unless, it's just the lack of a close-up on your sig pic. on a side note, ewwww to the Michelin Cross-Terrains. not a huge fan of them. the Latitudes are a far better replacement tire for the Cross Terrains, however, the new release of the LTX M/S2 (X Radial LT2, for Costco members) are even better than that considering they're now backed with 70k mileage warranties and are pretty amazing tires. i work in the Costco tire center so i come across these tires every single day. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 did you re-do the c-caps? in your sig pic, it looks like it fits much more closely to the hub as compared to the space you cutout for them in the other pics. unless, it's just the lack of a close-up on your sig pic. on a side note, ewwww to the Michelin Cross-Terrains. not a huge fan of them. the Latitudes are a far better replacement tire for the Cross Terrains, however, the new release of the LTX M/S2 (X Radial LT2, for Costco members) are even better than that considering they're now backed with 70k mileage warranties and are pretty amazing tires. i work in the Costco tire center so i come across these tires every single day. haha. Oh yeah I have added 1.5in wheel spacers since those first pics were taken. The reason why is because of those crappy cross terrains you can clearly see the bulge in the tire, and they wore like butter. I have since gone to 33's BFG AT, and I love em to death. The hub is now like inside the cutout, hard to explain but here are some pics I just took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathlesstaken Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 post a pic of your wheels... I can't, I'm at work, like all the time. I'll take some pics within the next week or so. My wheels don't look like ^ those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Oh yeah I have added 1.5in wheel spacers since those first pics were taken. The reason why is because of those crappy cross terrains you can clearly see the bulge in the tire, and they wore like butter. I have since gone to 33's BFG AT, and I love em to death. The hub is now like inside the cutout, hard to explain but here are some pics I just took. yeah, that makes sense. Cross Terrains wear faster for you because they're a street tire. that's why i said the current Latitudes are a far better tire. the best all-around tire from Michelin would be the LTX MS/X Radial LT, but if you're looking for a true all-terrain tire, it'd be the LTX AT2 from Michelin. however, you definitely can't go wrong with the tried and true BFG AT KO (still a Michelin owned tire company, so no harm there!). another side note, you got extended studs along with those spacers, yeah? i keep getting confused with some peoples' mods when they say wheel spacers and/or subframe drops. i look at the pics and know that by SFD, they mean a body lift (at least it appears to be one), but when everyone says wheel spacers, it just blows my mind when everyone is saying 1.5" wheel spacer because i'm so used to nothing greater than a 10mm and the need for extended studs. then again, i'm so used to lowering vehicles than lifting them, and dealing with the Nissan sport car genre. haha. I can't, I'm at work, like all the time. I'll take some pics within the next week or so. My wheels don't look like ^ those the only other six-spoke design wheel i can think of would be the 17" wheels if you don't have the "3 stake" design that we have. now that i look at it, you probably have the 17s, since you have an '03, and the 17s were much more common with the latter years of the pathy. look like these? if you've got these, you got the 17s. not totally certain on whether or not the WARN hubs will fit if you have them, but i don't see why not since the pathy should still be using the same hubs that all other pathys do, and that should allow the WARN hubs to fit through there. but, you should see if another more experienced member knows for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 yeah, that makes sense. Cross Terrains wear faster for you because they're a street tire. that's why i said the current Latitudes are a far better tire. the best all-around tire from Michelin would be the LTX MS/X Radial LT, but if you're looking for a true all-terrain tire, it'd be the LTX AT2 from Michelin. however, you definitely can't go wrong with the tried and true BFG AT KO (still a Michelin owned tire company, so no harm there!). another side note, you got extended studs along with those spacers, yeah? i keep getting confused with some peoples' mods when they say wheel spacers and/or subframe drops. i look at the pics and know that by SFD, they mean a body lift (at least it appears to be one), but when everyone says wheel spacers, it just blows my mind when everyone is saying 1.5" wheel spacer because i'm so used to nothing greater than a 10mm and the need for extended studs. then again, i'm so used to lowering vehicles than lifting them, and dealing with the Nissan sport car genre. haha. No need for longer wheel studs. The spacers that I got and most that I know of atleast come with new studs pressed into them. They attach to the truck using the old wheel studs, and the old lug nuts tighten them on. Then the wheel attaches to the new studs on the wheel spacer. It sounds wierd but its worked great for me so far. Also reguarding sfd and all, its kinda like a body lift but not, in that you do gain some height but you also do gain alot of flex in the rear from longer springs and all. You can also run bigger tires, im planning on 35x12.5 Goodyear Wrangler MTR Kevlar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 No need for longer wheel studs. The spacers that I got and most that I know of atleast come with new studs pressed into them. They attach to the truck using the old wheel studs, and the old lug nuts tighten them on. Then the wheel attaches to the new studs on the wheel spacer. It sounds wierd but its worked great for me so far. Also reguarding sfd and all, its kinda like a body lift but not, in that you do gain some height but you also do gain alot of flex in the rear from longer springs and all. You can also run bigger tires, im planning on 35x12.5 Goodyear Wrangler MTR Kevlar nope, makes sense. i know what you're talking about now. nice tire choice. pretty popular especially given the price. personally though, ever since i've been in the Tire Center i won't dare run any other tire except Michelin or BFG. all the classes that i've been through and all the other tires that i see come through the shop tell me to stick with those two only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 nope, makes sense. i know what you're talking about now. nice tire choice. pretty popular especially given the price. personally though, ever since i've been in the Tire Center i won't dare run any other tire except Michelin or BFG. all the classes that i've been through and all the other tires that i see come through the shop tell me to stick with those two only. We had Goodyear Advantage on our G35 and they were great, not a complaint about them. Now we had BfGoodrich tires dont know what model though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxman0324 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 What 01silva is using is called a wheel adapter... So you bolt these to your existing wheel studs and then you mount your wheels to the studs on the adapter. The cheap way to do this is to get a set for a Taco and just ask for the open ended set of lug nuts (to bolt to your wheel studs) fit a Pathfinder. Cost almost half as much this way. Then your outer studs have a Taco thread type(M12x1.50) instead of a Pathfinder thread type (M12x1.25)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathlesstaken Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 yeah, that makes sense. Cross Terrains wear faster for you because they're a street tire. that's why i said the current Latitudes are a far better tire. the best all-around tire from Michelin would be the LTX MS/X Radial LT, but if you're looking for a true all-terrain tire, it'd be the LTX AT2 from Michelin. however, you definitely can't go wrong with the tried and true BFG AT KO (still a Michelin owned tire company, so no harm there!). another side note, you got extended studs along with those spacers, yeah? i keep getting confused with some peoples' mods when they say wheel spacers and/or subframe drops. i look at the pics and know that by SFD, they mean a body lift (at least it appears to be one), but when everyone says wheel spacers, it just blows my mind when everyone is saying 1.5" wheel spacer because i'm so used to nothing greater than a 10mm and the need for extended studs. then again, i'm so used to lowering vehicles than lifting them, and dealing with the Nissan sport car genre. haha. the only other six-spoke design wheel i can think of would be the 17" wheels if you don't have the "3 stake" design that we have. now that i look at it, you probably have the 17s, since you have an '03, and the 17s were much more common with the latter years of the pathy. look like these? if you've got these, you got the 17s. not totally certain on whether or not the WARN hubs will fit if you have them, but i don't see why not since the pathy should still be using the same hubs that all other pathys do, and that should allow the WARN hubs to fit through there. but, you should see if another more experienced member knows for sure. No, definitely 6 spoke 16' (I know my wheel size) similar to the ones in your pic, but the spokes are different. Here's a link I found that shows em' for sale, I'm pretty sure after looking at the dimensions on Amazon for the Warn Hubs that they won't fit. Time for new wheels. http://www.wheelsrims.net/2004-nissan-pathfinder/16_x_7_alloy_wheel-aly62408u20.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 We had Goodyear Advantage on our G35 and they were great, not a complaint about them. Now we had BfGoodrich tires dont know what model though. goodyear never made an Advantage. the Advantage is a BFG tire, unless you're talking about the Assurance. if it was the Advantage, those are also great tires. excellent quality and build for the price that you pay. pretty awesome tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickj Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Back to making holes in the wheel caps to clear the manaul hubs. You can also use a hole saw, I used a 105mm one to fit around my Navara manual hubs, Works well. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy98 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 They are locknuts. They are used where higher temperatures can damage nylocks. Hubs do get pretty warm, especially for highway driving. Only trouble with them is they are single-use pieces. They don't have the same holding power after they've been removed. That, however, can be remedied with a little red locktite Oops I have never done anything special and have taken them off tons of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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