Re: [T3] lug nuts/bolts for mags

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 31 Aug 2002, at 18:15, Greg Merritt wrote:

> 
> >The nuts that came with my Volksmags are supposed to be originals and have a
> >flat mounting face.  The area surrounding the bolt holes on the wheels is
> >also flat, no taper at all.
> 
> 	Got it.  So, somebody must have run them with stock bolts, 
> which must have squished a little bit of taper into the relatively 
> soft wheels.

I'm really not an expert on this at all, but I really think that a lot of Alum 
wheels out there use totally flat nuts/bolts.

If you're were squished, I'd expect to see a ridge inside where the taper 
meets the bore. The upset aluminum should have pushed into the bore there 
somewhat.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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