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putting long studs into a syncro's rear wheels (longish x-post)
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:20:25 -0800
...nut removal tool (for bashing and has a 1/2" drive hole). 10 long lug studs (courtesy of benT) 10 cad-plated lugnuts (courtesy...
syncro upgrade to 15 inch wheels
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Sat, 7 Aug 2004 11:22:02 -0400
...anywho, i noticed that there needs to be some upgrading to the lug nuts or bolts. since the syncro has the bolts already in...
Re: MB wheels on a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:17:50 -0700
all that i remember is that the van's lug nuts/bolts (rear/front) are 5x112mm don't remember what the offset was. hope...
Re: [Fwd: What size is the..]
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:45:18 EDT
...sockets I didn't have at the time. >> All 3 Vanagons I have here use 19mm just like the lug nuts. BenT San Francisco
FS: Alloy Wheels
Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:42:43 -0400
...I have a set of five with lug nuts and bolts and the center hub cap. Price is $500 for the 5 and they...
Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:47:23 -0800
true, true.........but many vanagons are running around centered on just their lug bolts or nuts, without apparent harm. Even the stock 14 inch...
Re: Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 19:57:27 -0700
...around my steering wheel and only pulling it off after every lug nut had been checked...Can you imagine losing a wheel at 150mph...
Re: how to change alloy and steel wheels?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:24:13 EDT
David, just swap the rims over and then use the allow wheel lug bolts in front and the alloy wheel lug nuts in rear...
Alloy wheels for sale
Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:03:56 -0400
...Price is $500 for 5 of them and they come with the lug nuts and small center hub caps. They fit all Vanagons. These...
New Big Brake kit for sale
Historical mailing list - BillM
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:09:08 -0500
...I also have some new lug(10) nuts needed after the brake install for alloys wheels. $10.00 if you buy the brake kit...
Re: Missing jack & lugwrench
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:16:18 -0700
...I had to bounce on the 18" breaker bar to loosen the lug nuts. I had to bounce a lot on a couple of...
Re: Can't find the jack
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:59:03 -0500
...lug wrench, and allow a tiliting force, > > it just splits the lug wrench in the hex area where it goes over the wheel > > nut...
Re: Tire Rack Steel Mercedes wheel for Syncro & Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:05:12 -0400
...ball seat to a 14mm ball seat, and 14mm conical seat lug nuts are readily available and inexpensive. Tim Hannink Winter Park, Florida Goldibox...
15 inch SA wheel lug/bolt problems??
Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:13:49 EST
...i can get the new alloy lug-nuts to screw onto the bolts, and they fit just fine....but it just seems like they...
Re: My wheel nuts are frozen!!!
Historical mailing list - Ron Fish
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:34:52 -0800
A socket fitted over the wheel nut and then rapped smartly worked on mine. I was told this frees the nut from the wheel...
Re: Looking for tips on torquing the rear wheel bearing nuts
Historical mailing list - Ed
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 22:47:16 -0400
...It's much easier with a cheater pipe on the breaker bar and you don't have the risk of hitting a lug or...
Re: rear westy storage- was OEM alloy wheel lug nut torque
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:55:15 -0700
...rear westy storage- was OEM alloy wheel lug nut torque > "That's why I have a 6 point socket on a breaker bar, the...
Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:21:28 -0600
...the parking lot, I got out the stock lug wrench, put it on a nut, and could not get it to budge. I then...
Re: anti-seize
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:36:21 -0500
...Bolt stretch & friction work together to keep the lug nuts on. Bolt stretch by itself acts like pre-load to keep the wheel tight...
Re: Shocks
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 11 May 2004 20:21:50 -0500
...if you can't get the nut/lug off with this contraption, it ain't coming off! runs about $35-40, though. :( but you...
Re: Locking lug nut/high lift jack
Historical mailing list - BenT
Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:35:04 -0800
I have some locking lugnuts or bolts, if that's all you're after. $10 for a set of four. I can bring them...
Re: Rear wheel studs
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:44:54 -0500
...I know you can do it one at a time, and pull them into >>> place by cranking down on a lug nut, but thats...
Re: lug nuts torque-
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:19:25 -0500
---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > I really don't understand the reluctance to get a real wrench, ie > 1/2" breaker bar and...
Re: Who needs hub caps?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:05:48 -0500
...tooo.. * water? crap on the breaks? Keeps you from losing a lug nut/bolt... d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy...
Re: anti-seize
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:01:18 -0700
...the nut from the wheel side of the nut > ... > then later zoom off they come .. > i have never had a wheel lug nut come...
Re: Product review: folding lug wrench / It's Wonderful!!!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:42:03 -0500
...Or perhaps he was thinking of a 17.5mm nut? I tried to help him out with the old conversion units in case he...
Re: Lug nut stripped
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:43:11 -0800
Ok, my 120volt impact driver, is rated for 240 ft/lbs of power, which I believe, it whipped off nuts on my type 2...
Re: Machining wheels. Safe?
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:15:14 -0400
...The >>Mercedes >>wheels use a ball seat for the lug nuts and bolts. I >>used late >>model lug bolts up front off of VW...
Re: Alloy spare into an 83?
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Fri, 1 Apr 2005 00:03:12 -0500
...just means I guess I'll need to keep a set of steel lug nuts in the van w/ me. Oh, and get a...
Forget the Drums...get the Lug nuts OFF!
Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 08:27:38 -0800
Will anti seize on the studs... I put a dab of wheel brearing grease on the threads and tighten as usual...works like a...
FS: New longer wheel bolts for Carat &SA alloy wheels incl. Mercedes & Audi rims
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 04:41:30 EDT
...Locking lugnuts are $20 for 4 nuts w/ one key. Locking bolts are $25 for 4 bolts w/ one key. Since the vendor sent...
Re: Question and parts request.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:56:51 -0700
...Are you really advising to not tighten lug nuts to factory specs? To the original poster, check your owner's manual and use the...
Re: Paint questions
Historical mailing list - Project Pat
Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:23:16 -0400
80 ft/lbs won't remove your lug nuts. 800 maybe? -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
Re: Tech tip #2/torque values
Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
Tue, 8 Jul 1997 17:51:29 -0700
>Excuse my ignorance but what are the torque values for Vanagon lug nuts >(standard wheels) and why are they so crucial? Thanks in advance...
Big brake kit for sale
Historical mailing list - BillM
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:59:12 -0500
...Also purchased new lug nuts,cause it converts front to studs. Will include those also. Paid 560.00 plus shipping. Need to sell. $500...
Re: Vanagon Alloy wheels $300
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:08:30 -0700
...this list) a while back, but they included caps and proper lug nuts/bolts. The tires even had decent tread left, but the sidewalls...
Re: 86 Vanagon wheel question
Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
Sun, 8 Jan 2017 17:39:16 +0000
...sure you have a set of lug nuts for the steel as I believe the alloy nuts are different and may cause a problem...
Re: [Fwd: What size is the..]
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:58:25 -0700
...sockets I didn't have at the time. >> > > All 3 Vanagons I have here use 19mm just like the lug nuts. > > BenT > San Francisco
Re: rhein rims
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 31 May 2009 21:06:56 -0400
The same length studs on the rear only work with Vanagon alloy wheels due to the cone shaped lug nuts and the lug seats...
Re: Removing rear drums: review
Historical mailing list - vw4x4
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:42:49 -0500
...In my frustration, I also put the lug >nuts on and hammered on them a bit. They studs moved inward! >Nothing else moved though...
Re: Wheel tightening technique
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:49:50 -0500
...Incidentally VW specifically warns to install lug bolts/nuts dry - IIRC there is a sticker to that effect inside the rear hatch of mine...
Re: Wanted - 5 spoke alloy wheels
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 07 Nov 1996 18:13:35 -0800
...Then you'll need the lug nuts for $5 to $10 each.
Re: Stuck transaxle fill plug crisis
Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 06:51:52 -0700
...I welded a lug nut to a bolt to be able to get a wrench on the drain plug. Sheared the first one in...
Re: Can't find the jack
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:44:37 -0700
...It's too short to get a lot of lug bolts or nuts off by itself. Or a nice solid generic one. The nut...
Re: Anti-seize [WAS Re: Water Pump Replacement]
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:57:43 -0500
...I use it on everything but lug nuts, pretty much. I don't bother with say tapered sheet metal screws. Never had a problem...
Re: WHEELS FOR 1984 WESTY
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:05:17 EDT
...studs and corresponding nuts to work with the alloys. >> I never have trouble finding the right size studs and lugnuts. It's price that...
Re: stranded
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:45:16 PDT
...and, if you can do it, > NEVER EVER let those idiots at tire stores or anywhere use an impact wrench > on your lug nuts...
Re: OEM alloy wheel lug nut torque
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:03:41 -0400
...But there's a sticker on the bottom edge of the rear hatch that says not to lubricate the nuts/bolts for alloy wheels...
Re: Sears disaster- LONG
Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
Thu, 24 May 2001 19:32:23 -0700
...not after they scratched all 4 alloys doing an alignment and ruined most of my $13 lug nuts. Now, I take 4 wheels into...
Re: Lugs Or Nuts (Cont'd)
Historical mailing list - sstones
Thu, 29 Sep 1994 17:25:58 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 29 Sep 1994, David Carment wrote: > Mine has bolts on the back - and bolts on the front as well same as the...
interesting lug nut wrench
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:49:41 -0800
Got onto a tangent with Blake Thornton about Zodi water heaters which led me to look at the Lee Valley website then onto the...
Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:50:45 -0500
...Put the wheel back on the car and finger tighten 3 of the lug nuts to hold the wheel on. Leave the axle nut...
Re: How to get that (bleep) spare tire out (continued)
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:31:30 -0600
...After > liberat applications of bolt-buster and wrist-crunching hammer blows and 1/2 > hour of back twisting contortions with a lug nut tool...
Re: Torque for lug nuts on GoWesty Alloy wheels
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Thu, 3 Oct 2019 23:05:58 -0700
...wrote: > I just called GoWesty. "Chris" said the recommended torque for lug nuts > on their alloy wheels is 95 Ft lbs. > Rich > San Diego...
Re: Lug nut lubrication or not?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:28:28 -0500
At 11:30 AM 2/4/2001, Gary Stearns wrote: >Recommended or not, it is just good practice. Well, for the '85 Subaru alloy...
Re: REAR WHEEL WOBBLE (FIXED!)
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:32:37 -0700
You should also hope that the shop didn't properly torque your lug nuts/bolts to 125 ft. lbs. Seems that could have the...
Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:56:16 -0700
...You gotta be nuts!" Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Menchions" <tassie@E-STELLA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 08...
Re: more choices in custom wheels...the term "conical",
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:19:20 EDT
...I used standard 14-mm conical chrome lug nuts that you can pick up at any FLAPS on my Camper, I used a 14...
AW: 16" tires, my rims and results.
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:30:25 EST
...On a normal vanagon you'll need the lug nuts (like I just mentioned) for the rear and the correct lug BOLTS for the...
Re: how to get rear brake drums off?
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:40:49 -0500
...nut off and just >remove the drum and the whatsit in the center there >instead of trying to remove the thing /w the lugs...