Thank you for the replies, I did fail to mention that the studs are original. I did also since the first post, try to thread the nuts on to the clamp side of the studs. Each of the studs 3/8-24 threads are doing the same thing as the course side, and I know it was not doing this, because I was the one to remove the nuts.
Not sure what happened when these studs were removed at the machine shop, the machine shop did not teeth them up wih a set of vise grips. Unless they were mixed up with a Chrysler job in the shop at the same time, these appear correct and have traces of orange, so I assume there mine.
Just wanted to call out to this site before I take a die and destroy an intended inference that has a purpose, perhaps like a rocker arm nut. Probably a little overboard try to save the original studs, its just that they are the original studs. Thanks everyone.
