drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud

ron b · 11-23-2023, 12:15 AM

has anyone drilled a Cragar super trick wheel for a 5/8'' stud.? i recently purchased a car ith 5/8'' studs and would like to run some super tricks on it. thanks ron

David Lee · 11-23-2023, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ron b

has anyone drilled a Cragar super trick wheel for a 5/8'' stud.? i recently purchased a car ith 5/8'' studs and would like to run some super tricks on it. thanks ron

not supertricks but for a class 8 truck, will used an overhead mill to enlarge to the holes

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 11-23-2023, 02:08 AM

Ron… I have several sets of Super Tricks, Centrelines, Weld Wheels they all accept a Standard Mag wheel lug nut which measures .6875". I have new sets of MOROSO and Mark Williams 5/8"(.625") Studs that all measure .6875" on the shank. The description 5/8"(.625) is the thread diameter of the Retaining Nuts to the Axle and the Wheel Retaining Nuts. If your axles have a press in stud, you most likely will have to drill the flange to accept the .625 stud. In theory you should be "good to go". Hope this helps you…Maurice.

chopperloco · 11-23-2023, 11:19 AM

I've had two cars with 5/8" studs and not had to drill Super Tricks...some have needed a bit of "help" going on if the floating spacer in between the two rim halves is slightly out of place..

SSDiv6 · 11-23-2023, 11:46 AM

I use a 4-flute, straight-shank counterbore drill with a removable pilot.

Select the appropriate pilot size and a 5/8" 4-flute, straight shank, counterbore drill.

https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/Hol...?navid=2106108

ron b · 11-23-2023, 12:20 PM

thanks guys, just tried them on the axle, a little tight but fit. should of tried before i asked. Happy Thanksgiving. ron

Rory McNeil · 11-24-2023, 10:56 PM

Ron, just wondering how shug your Super Tricks fit onto the studs. I have 2 different sets of older Centerlines, 1 set are Auto Drags, the others are Pro Stock models, and I have 5/8" Strange studs, which have a thin steel sleeve that is threaded over the studs, to make a close fit to the undrilled holes of my Centerlines. The style of lug nuts that were used with the Centerlines, Super Tricks, and Welds, were shank style , that used the shank portion to take up the difference between the mounting holes in the wheels, and the 7/16" or 1/2" wheel studs most cars had back then. The Super Tricks used to come with aluminum , open end shank style nuts, that could gall up inside the wheels, and NHRA made illegal back in the 70s.

ron b · 11-25-2023, 09:39 AM

The cragar super tricks fit snug on the 5/8'' stud. The car came with thin holeshot wheels and the moser 5/8'' stud kit that uses a thick aluminum spacer and a flanged nut, with the super tricks the thinner 9/16'' spacer worked out well. There is a good picture of the stud kit on the moser wedsite.

11-23-2023, 12:15 AM	#1
ron b Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 126 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud has anyone drilled a Cragar super trick wheel for a 5/8'' stud.? i recently purchased a car ith 5/8'' studs and would like to run some super tricks on it. thanks ron

11-23-2023, 02:08 AM	#3
MAURICE BLENDHEIM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Langley (no igloos), British Columbia, Canada Posts: 554 Likes: 279 Liked 230 Times in 80 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud Ron… I have several sets of Super Tricks, Centrelines, Weld Wheels they all accept a Standard Mag wheel lug nut which measures .6875". I have new sets of MOROSO and Mark Williams 5/8"(.625") Studs that all measure .6875" on the shank. The description 5/8"(.625) is the thread diameter of the Retaining Nuts to the Axle and the Wheel Retaining Nuts. If your axles have a press in stud, you most likely will have to drill the flange to accept the .625 stud. In theory you should be "good to go". Hope this helps you…Maurice. Last edited by MAURICE BLENDHEIM; 11-23-2023 at 02:11 AM.

11-23-2023, 11:19 AM	#4
chopperloco Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ottawa,Ont.,CANADA Posts: 129 Likes: 107 Liked 69 Times in 16 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud I've had two cars with 5/8" studs and not had to drill Super Tricks...some have needed a bit of "help" going on if the floating spacer in between the two rim halves is slightly out of place..

11-23-2023, 11:46 AM	#5
SSDiv6 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 2,996 Likes: 693 Liked 1,464 Times in 546 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud I use a 4-flute, straight-shank counterbore drill with a removable pilot. Select the appropriate pilot size and a 5/8" 4-flute, straight shank, counterbore drill. https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/Hol...?navid=2106108

11-23-2023, 12:20 PM	#6
ron b Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 126 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud thanks guys, just tried them on the axle, a little tight but fit. should of tried before i asked. Happy Thanksgiving. ron

11-24-2023, 10:56 PM	#7
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,259 Likes: 246 Liked 951 Times in 262 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud Ron, just wondering how shug your Super Tricks fit onto the studs. I have 2 different sets of older Centerlines, 1 set are Auto Drags, the others are Pro Stock models, and I have 5/8" Strange studs, which have a thin steel sleeve that is threaded over the studs, to make a close fit to the undrilled holes of my Centerlines. The style of lug nuts that were used with the Centerlines, Super Tricks, and Welds, were shank style , that used the shank portion to take up the difference between the mounting holes in the wheels, and the 7/16" or 1/2" wheel studs most cars had back then. The Super Tricks used to come with aluminum , open end shank style nuts, that could gall up inside the wheels, and NHRA made illegal back in the 70s. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang

11-25-2023, 09:39 AM	#8
ron b Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 126 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: drilling cragar super tricks for a 5/8'' stud The cragar super tricks fit snug on the 5/8'' stud. The car came with thin holeshot wheels and the moser 5/8'' stud kit that uses a thick aluminum spacer and a flanged nut, with the super tricks the thinner 9/16'' spacer worked out well. There is a good picture of the stud kit on the moser wedsite.