Quote Originally Posted by Fredo View Post
The non-threaded portion is so that the high steer arm and stud have a tighter fit than if it were just threaded all the way.
maybe i'm missing something here, but it appears that all of the non-threaded portion of the stud will be concealed by the knuckle. If your reasoning was correct, shouldn't the non-threaded portion be more in the center of the stud?