all cruiser full floater rears till 1998 had 8mm studs with the mini cone washers.
my chev motor is pretty mild and im only spinning 37s
but ive sheared the studs 6 times now and im mighty sick of it.
you can upgrade to the 10mm studs (as fitted to post 1998 cruisers) incl the 78/79 (new coil front ute and troopy) and 100 series (and probably LX470)
by simply drilling out your old hubs and taping in the 10mm studs. This also requires droping a bigger taper in the axle flange for the larger cone washers.
This is relatively common in Aust (as far as i have investigated) but i just thought it might be easier to just swap the entire hub for a newer 78/79/100 series hub. BUT
i just found out that the newer hubs are also 5 wheel stud pattern
the 78/79 are still drum
anyway, long story short,
im going to drill out my old hubs to fit the 10mm studs/
im told i wont have any dramas with studs sheering after that (ill just snap axles instead
