MuuMuu101's 68 Dart, A Learning Process...

You said you hammered out the studs, was there swedges on the studs? (I couldn't tell from the pic). If so, you might want to check the fitment on the new studs - if you haven't already, of course. When I replaced mine I was careful about cutting the swedges, however I still had to move up one 'thickness' level on the new studs so that they would fit snugly. The 'same size' studs weren't super tight as the holes got widened slightly when the original studs came out.

Also, I cleaned up and degreased my hubs but didn't paint them since I couldn't really see them behind the wheels.

Good luck on the build. Looks cool!

The studs on the KH setup are splined so all they need is a good press out. Thanks for the tips and the support.

nice work on the dart. can i make a suggestion next time you have to cut out a peace to replace it make a templet out of card board and locate al your holes that way and make your peace then weld it in and your done, hope this helps as my grand father always told me you never stop learning keep up the good work

I would have normally done that; however, my only problem with that was that I had no arbitrary location or hole to mock up. The studs on my brake pedal braket were sheared and the previous owner had holes drilled into them to the point where they looked like swiss cheese. So we cut off the tabs off the brake pedal mount and fabbed up new ones that need to be welded on and fitted. We had to weld in this patch panel first to determine how far forward those brake pedal tabs needed to come in. Plus, I'm swapping over to a 2 stud mount instead of the factory 4 because that was the MC I had originally purchased. I'm sure the method we're going about it isn't the best way of doing things, but we tend to just do before we think. It should all work out fine... Hopefully. But I admire the tips and will take as many as you guys throw at me.