Because the hole in the rear drum also rests on the centre hub, you could add maybe 1-2mm of spacers on the studs under the drum before any real sideways force appears on the studs. Plus I have never heard of wheel studs shearing off... stripping yes, loose lug nuts yes but never actually studs shearing off. Plus a washer is a wide but short spacer tube so there wont be as much side force on the studs as just leaving the lug nuts loose by 1 or 2 mm.
If the drum is not sat flat on the hub then there is no clamped friction between the hub and the drum So the rotational load is all on the studs.
They have started to bed in nowhere near as loud as they were. They hardly make any noise in a straight line, but going around bends and roundabouts, I'm still hearing them. Sent from my SM-G981B using Tapatalk
It wouldn't be great, I would never do it. That's why I just bend the backing plates. But the studs are certainly strong enough to take a couple of millimetres unsupported.. like the alloy wheels where the two M7 drum fixing bolts hold them off the drum for instance. The studs dont break, the drums warp..or when studs survive loose wheel nuts with the wheels rattling around.
