[Bonanza Bob]

Bob,

I got my wheels here  http://buytruckwheels.com/22-5x10-5-hub-...ering.html

To use the FMCA method, call the Michelin Advantage phone number, 1-888-532-6435,. Tell them your FMCA number. They will take your credit card info, and authorize you to buy tires in the next thirty days. They will give you an authorization number. Give that to the dealer who installs the tires. Michelin, not the dealer, will bill the credit card. I have done this three times, and I don't know what the final charge will be until the bill comes, but I have always saved a lot over what the dealer quoted me.

Bob, do you know which studs you have? It is very important to know before you start this journey. If not, take a close up pic and post it. It is easy to tell from the picture which stud you have. If it looks like there is a concave depression under the nut, then you  have the larger stud which has to be replaced. If it looks like you have a washer attached to the nut, then you are good to go.

Richard:

Thanks for the e-mail and the additional information on both tires, Michelin Advantage and the Newell studs.  I have spoken with Mike in the service department at Newell and he asked me to confirm the size of the studs.  He said that if the studs have a 7/8th diameter that the new Alcoa wheels will work with the 365 conversion.  I also took some pictures of the current studs today which are attached and based on you comments, i believe they should work and i do not have to replace.    I believe i can go ahead and buy the wheels and work with a Michelin tire dealer to have the tires mounted and balanced and then mounted with minimal trouble.  Newell has told me that I will probably not have to have any fiberglass work done around the wheel wells.

You are pleased with the 365 you put on your coach and the drive and ride are improved.  Thanks very much.

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Bob,

I got my wheels here  http://buytruckwheels.com/22-5x10-5-hub-...ering.html

To use the FMCA method, call the Michelin Advantage phone number, 1-888-532-6435,. Tell them your FMCA number. They will take your credit card info, and authorize you to buy tires in the next thirty days. They will give you an authorization number. Give that to the dealer who installs the tires. Michelin, not the dealer, will bill the credit card. I have done this three times, and I don't know what the final charge will be until the bill comes, but I have always saved a lot over what the dealer quoted me.

Bob, do you know which studs you have? It is very important to know before you start this journey. If not, take a close up pic and post it. It is easy to tell from the picture which stud you have. If it looks like there is a concave depression under the nut, then you  have the larger stud which has to be replaced. If it looks like you have a washer attached to the nut, then you are good to go.

Richard:

Thanks for the e-mail and the additional information on both tires, Michelin Advantage and the Newell studs.  I have spoken with Mike in the service department at Newell and he asked me to confirm the size of the studs.  He said that if the studs have a 7/8th diameter that the new Alcoa wheels will work with the 365 conversion.  I also took some pictures of the current studs today which are attached and based on you comments, i believe they should work and i do not have to replace.    I believe i can go ahead and buy the wheels and work with a Michelin tire dealer to have the tires mounted and balanced and then mounted with minimal trouble.  Newell has told me that I will probably not have to have any fiberglass work done around the wheel wells.

You are pleased with the 365 you put on your coach and the drive and ride are improved.  Thanks very much.

Here is another picture of the studs on my coach.