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Re: [T3] Wheel issues

<x-flowed>Thanks; since these wheels have no "seat" around the bolt holes, I had to go with a lug nut and flat washer. It turned out the problem was that the "shank" (for lack of a better term) on the back end of the lug nuts was NOT fitting into the bolt hole like it was supposed to; just had to do some slight "finishing" inside some of the holes, then they slipped right in, and everything worked perfectly. It took me a while to figure out what was happening, since the lug nuts are pretty recessed and it's hard to see what's happening in there. 

On May 21, 2011, at 2:27 PM, C. Rochambeau wrote:


Here's a picture of the hardware I went with to mount my aftermarket
aluminum wheels:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y273/earthman606/VWbolts.jpg

I positioned the blue tube at roughly the inside of the wheel, so the
threads above the blue depict actual purchase. As you can see in the stock bolt, I had been using those for a while, and the "polished" end was all that was holding my car up. I think *that* is the source of the "lug bolts are dangerous" sentiment. I believe I sourced the longer bolts from an Audi in a wrecking yard. I want to say that finding flat cone bolts was easier at the time (2005) than the rounded bolts. So finding what you need in bolt 
stock may not be an insurmountable problem...

I do agree that the stock bolts are not a good match to cast aluminum
wheels, but don't forget to keep a set on hand for use with your spare. If 
you remove the studs, that is..

Cheers,
Curtis

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM, James Lingenfelter
<jimmyandcher@yahoo.com>wrote:
I have a set of old Superior Volksmag "turtleback" wheels that have been 
sitting in my garage for years; I just put new tires on them and was
planning on putting them on my '68 squareback. I was told I could NOT use the lug bolts from the original steels wheels, and that I needed to convert to studs and nuts with washers, which I have done. However, now I have absolutely no clue how to mount the wheel properly. The bolt holes in these wheels are flat around the edges, no concave shape or cupping. The studs are SO much smaller than the bolt holes, how in the world are you supposed to get the wheel properly centered on the studs????? I've put alloy wheels on these cars a million times, and it seems like I always used regular VW lug bolts, possibly longer than original. Now suddenly everyone is telling me that's "dangerous". Please help, my car is sitting in the driveway with no 
wheels, and I am totally clueless.
 Thanks,
 Jimmy

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