Sorry for the slow response, the system wouldn’t let me log in. Then without seeming to do anything different, it just let me in!
Thanks for these ideas.
I had heard the army didn’t change the studs. Met a chap in a pub one night who told me he’d had a contract to go round fitting Wolf wheels to the ...

Hi, my Series 3 Lightweight is fitted with Wolf wheels and the longer wheel nut studs.
As you can see in the photo, the studs stick out about 10mm from the wheel nuts, go rusty and look bad.
How has anyone else cured this problem?
All suggestions are gratefully received and will be considered ...

Hi Carlos, here is a photo of the NATO socket on my Series 3 Lightweight.
Basically it is bolted flush to the outside face of the crossmember. There is a sleeve welded between the inner and out faces. The bolts go all the way through to nuts on the inside face.
Your’s is going through the standard ...