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On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 17:00, Everett Barnes wrote: > > Another note, be careful if you powdercoat rims that you either do not powdercoat > the area where the lug nuts contact the rim or scrap the powdercoating off > that area afterward. One of my Bus friends had the lugnuts back off on > him soon after powdercoating when it wore off from road vibrations. The > rim came loose and he rolled his Bus on the highway. > VW found this out back in '68 when they went to the 4 bolt wheels on the T-1. All of a sudden, they had a rash of wheels coming loose. They didn't know why. We were even drilling lug bolts and safety wiring them. Then we got found that it only happened after the customer had driven with the e-brake on. Problem: Brakes got hot, softened the paint on the back of the rims, and the lugs came loose. Metal against metal is best for wheels to brake drum. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org