Thanks 3B - - really appreciate you weighing in - this is all new for us - this is our first truck - will get all the information in the next day or two and post it - right now we've got one of the studs off the truck and have it out at a machine shop right now in niagara falls seeing what they can do to manufacture them. I'm waiting to get the stud back later this week. The issue seems to be that anything we find the spleen is too short and the stud itself is too short - will get the exact dimensions and reconnect. The front wheels are Budd - thanks again - really appreciate the support .