Super Long Wheel Studs-Can I just cut them off?

Why should the shop be obligated to give a break? They were presented with a problem, and suggested a few possible options to fix the customer's problem. One was to order the proper parts to fix it right, but the truck would be down until the parts showed up. Option 2 was to use parts that were available and would do the job just fine, albeit visually unappealing, and have the truck road-worthy relatively quick. The CUSTOMER made the decision to have the quick-but-ugly repair done. Why should it be up to the shop to eat the cost of the unnecessary rework? If the customer didn't want the longer wheel studs, the customer should have waited for the shorter ones to be ordered. Since getting back on the road was of utmost importance to the customer, the shop met the needs of the customer. Now, the customer wants the shop to redo the work, installing the shorter studs the customer had been previously unwilling to wait for...and wants the SHOP to eat the cost of the rework? If that is the sort of customer you are, I wouldn't want you at my shop.

As for cutting the studs, I wouldn't do it. So what if they are a little long? They still hold the wheels on just the same...so roll with it and go make some money. Cutting them off would cause more headaches than it'd be worth. They would STILL be ugly, you'll run the risk of weakening them with the heat generated by cutting them off, and unless you know what you're doing, you might just make future tire changes dern near impossible when you mess up the threads, which would require buying another set of studs to fix. In other words, if shorter studs are THAT important to you, just buy the dern things and either pay to have them put on or do the job yourself.

 

never said they were obligated, never said to demand. never said to expect . just said it doesn't hurt to ask. sheesh! get over it already! DONE.

 

If you have a grinder and cut off wheel I would just cut them off, bevel the end and be done. As you said they did what they could to get you going. You are not going to make enough heat cutting a stud with a cutoff wheel to do any harm.

 

I wouldn't cut them. Studs too short can give you all kinds of trouble that studs too long won't.

 

I'd just go buy some of those long plastic/chrome wheel stud covers and be done with it.

 

No for instance I tell you hey we can't get right studs until tomorrow but I can put super long ones on it. You agree even though I told you they're kot the correct part. But you say you are not willing to wait. Ok I'll put them on but don't expect me to owe you anything

 

I'm just wondering if something happens, the studs catch something while on the road like a car or even a person, just by chance, who is responsible?

 

Obviously the driver. You have to get way too close to the object to catch them with the studs like you describe.

 

Exactly what I was thinking

 

The driver. If something is within 2" of the wheel nuts, then it's probably inside the steer fender already, as well as the steps on some models, and well within reach of the mirror on any model. Anything that close was going to be hit no matter how long the wheel studs were.