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Wheel Lug Bolts
Sig220_Ruger77
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One thing I truly love about life.....you can learn something new everyday and still not come even close to knowing even 1% of everything.
I just learned my Jeep Renegade, like many foreign vehicles(Fiat here) has Lug bolts, instead of lug nuts and studs. I had never even heard of such a thing, so I have done some reading on them. They don't seem too hard to work with. I'm actually kind of excited to do something different like that. You never would've heard me say that 10 years ago. [:D]
PS....I ordered one of the wheel guide tools, so I'm ahead of the game when I go to rotate tires or change a flat!
Jon
I just learned my Jeep Renegade, like many foreign vehicles(Fiat here) has Lug bolts, instead of lug nuts and studs. I had never even heard of such a thing, so I have done some reading on them. They don't seem too hard to work with. I'm actually kind of excited to do something different like that. You never would've heard me say that 10 years ago. [:D]
PS....I ordered one of the wheel guide tools, so I'm ahead of the game when I go to rotate tires or change a flat!
Jon
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I'm a fiend for spare parts, but MB wanted $20 for another.
I went to the hardware store and bought a 6" metric bolt with the right threads. I proceeded to cut off the head, crosshatched the body, then polished it. Cost: $1.89
It's common sense, but screw the guide in first, then put the tire on it. I watched a guy at Walmart rotate my tires and he was having a bear holding the tire up trying to put the guide in.
[8D]
Volkswagens, and many farm tractors have had those for 50+ years.
Yep
It's stupid on several levels to have lug "bolts".
Not really. You can put any size or thickness of wheel, alloy or steel, on the hub by simply getting longer or shorter bolts.
quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
It's stupid on several levels to have lug "bolts".
Not really. You can put any size or thickness of wheel, alloy or steel, on the hub by simply getting longer or shorter bolts.
The only real downfall I can see with the lug bolts, is if you end up stripping the threads in the hub.....now you have to replace the entire hub.
Otherwise, I like the idea of being able to replace the bolts for thicker wheels like mentioned above.
Jon
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
It's stupid on several levels to have lug "bolts".
Not really. You can put any size or thickness of wheel, alloy or steel, on the hub by simply getting longer or shorter bolts.
The only real downfall I can see with the lug bolts, is if you end up stripping the threads in the hub.....now you have to replace the entire hub.
Otherwise, I like the idea of being able to replace the bolts for thicker wheels like mentioned above.
Jon
Not necessarily, you can retap it and use a Heli coil insert. Although I don't think most of the young bucks here know about the Heli coil inserts
quote:Originally posted by Sig220_Ruger77
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
It's stupid on several levels to have lug "bolts".
Not really. You can put any size or thickness of wheel, alloy or steel, on the hub by simply getting longer or shorter bolts.
The only real downfall I can see with the lug bolts, is if you end up stripping the threads in the hub.....now you have to replace the entire hub.
Otherwise, I like the idea of being able to replace the bolts for thicker wheels like mentioned above.
Jon
Not necessarily, you can retap it and use a Heli coil insert. Although I don't think most of the young bucks here know about the Heli coil inserts
I have heard that lingo, but I would be lying if I knew the process or how to of it. [:D]
Jon
A cheap azzbackward way to attach wheels. Been used on farm equipment for about a century and still a PITA in my estimation. Far more potential of cross-threading with lug bolts vs nuts and far more expensive if you do so and ruin the hub.
More European stupidity to go along with traffic circles.
IMHO
More European stupidity to go along with traffic circles.
Absolutely![;)]
Mercedes uses bolts and has one guide bolt in the jack kit.
I'm a fiend for spare parts, but MB wanted $20 for another.
I went to the hardware store and bought a 6" metric bolt with the right threads. I proceeded to cut off the head, crosshatched the body, then polished it. Cost: $1.89
It's common sense, but screw the guide in first, then put the tire on it. I watched a guy at Walmart rotate my tires and he was having a bear holding the tire up trying to put the guide in.
[8D]
That sight just made me chuckle out loud.
Jon
Just like in '67, when they switched from 6Volt to 12volt; drove the battery business into the ground.