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Hi,
I just recently had a Dana 60 installed in my 66 C-20. Unfortunately, I now have two different size lug nuts. In front, I have the stock 1/2 by 20. In the rear I now have a larger size stud.
A couple questions:
I really want to have matching lug nuts, would it be easier to install bigger lug studs in the front hubs or smaller ones in the rear hubs?
Does anyone know how possible it would be to have the different size lugs in front and rear look similar?
I do not know the size yet of the lug studs in the rear(does anyone), but it seems like they are probably a 9/16" stud and the only lug nuts I have seen are the REAL long ones, like 2" or something.
What are my choices here?
Thanks much guys...

What is available will depend on what the Dana 60 originally came out of. From there, it's just a matter of matching up the knurl size to the stud with the thread size.
You might be able to get lug nuts that are the same hex size, but different thread sizes as well.

thanks longbox.
i did a little investigating on e-bay tonight, and it looks like i can get some lug nuts that look darn close to what i have in the front, even take the same size wrench.
now the question is what thread and pitch do i have? think I will pull one tomorrow and go by the local auto parts store.

This may help you find what you are looking for. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the site for pictures and dimensions.
Dorman Catalog

Put disc brakes on the front from a mid-late '70s 3/4 ton or 1 ton. They will have the larger studs. You were going to do that anyway weren't you.

I had the opposite problem. The discs from a '76 1 ton had studs larger than those on my original '67 Dana. Don't remember the size, but 1/2-20 sounds right. I didn't want to buy 32 new mag lug nuts and change the 16 rear studs. It was cheaper and faster to change only the 16 front studs while the hubs were still off.

thanks for the input Richard.

so you changed your front studs to a smaller size? if you did, did the new studs fit the same size hole that was already in the hub? i guess what i am asking is...regardless of what size stud you use in the front, the hole that is already in the hub will except any size stud? hope that makes sense.

thanks again

The knurl size (the serreated part of the stud) has to be correct for the hole. Otherwise, the stud couls come loose. The thread size really doesn't come into play too much, as the knurl area is usually larger than the thread size by at least a few thousanths or more.