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• Re: Stock Vanagon Rear Wheel Stud Size
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:20:41 -0500
  ...Along with a large parts order from BD, I purchased one lug bolt and one (after market) lug nut for the alloy wheels, just...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:57:07 -0700
  ...Several of you indicated that using a 4-way lug wrench one would likely be unable to take off the lug nuts on my...
• Re: warped SA rotors...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:17:22 -0500
  ...He says 95 percent of warped rotors is becouse of improper torque of the lug nutz. I also hear driving through puddles of water...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:08:57 -0500
  At 08:56 AM 12/24/2008, Chris S wrote... >Are those conical or ball lug nut seats? Ball seats. They look identical to...
• Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:33:06 -0700
  Gary Welcome to the club.I don't leave the tire shop until I'm sure I can loosen the lug nuts.They use...
• Re: Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:30:08 -0400
  ...Then what holds them on them? The usual hubcaps (not > wheel covers) are mounted just outside the lug nuts. This is what results from...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:21:51 -0800
  On 12/15/05, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > For lug nut/bolt removal, I use a 1/2 inch breaker bar and...
• Re: Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:02:21 -0700
  The best price I found on the lug nuts/bolts was at Van-Cafe.com You may have to call (I can't find...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:39:04 -0400
  ...lug nut torque? > > > >>Do Vanagon lugs require being tighter than any other car lugs? >> >>Reason I ask is I recently had a front brake...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:09:29 -0700
  ...of > turns is 9.3 for the nut/bolt engagement. > > In the case of a lugbolt engaging into the brake drum, if the drum...
• Re: Torque Wheels? -- 6 point sockets and Anti-seize
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:24:29 -0700
  My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that lug nuts and bolts should be installed dry. Use of anti-seize, or any...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:53:06 -0800
  ...Lug wench, steel nuts Lemme say this about that. The REAL macho dudes who have shiny black studs at their disposal get a 3...
• Re: Wheel stud problem
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:18:00 -0500
  ...That Vanagon lug wrench should be ditched. It rounds lug nuts off and skins fingers.Just try to be successful with it,after Sears...
• Re: Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:06:47 -0500
  ...of lots of folks needing a breaker bar to remove > their lug nuts (or not as may be the case). I'm puzzled by...
• Re: Thread pitch on vanagon lug bolts???
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:38:11 -0800
  ...If you enlarge those holes to fit the 14mm lugbolts/nuts, you will find that the "bowl" or contour of the 14mm ballseat lugbolts...
• Fwd: Lug Nut Torque ft/lb?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 20:48:23 EST
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• Re: carat alloy wheels was Re: Westfalia VW aluminum wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:52:41 -0700
  ...Sidney in New Orelans. > the vanagon alloys have alloy specific lug bolts and nuts. the bolts are longer, and the lugnuts are deeper and...
• wheels (was syncro fuel tanks and snow tyres)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:12:40 -0400
  ...you can also mount steel wheels with alloy lug bolts/nuts. but you cant mount alloy wheels with steel wheel lug bolt/nuts. if...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:04:28 -0400
  ...lug nuts torque- At 6/25/2010 07:57 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: >get the breaker bar as a few of us advised before...
• Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 19:22:46 PDT
  >Hey Volks. >In prepping for my road trip in my 86 syncro, I wanted to make sure I could >get the lug nuts turning...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:29:51 -0700
  ...lug nuts torque- > Several of you indicated that using a 4-way lug wrench one would likely be > unable to take off the lug...
• Re: anti-seize
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:19:37 -0600
  ...But, this is just me and could very well be wrong? I hoping to find out myself ! ;o) Had All the lug nuts come...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:46:06 EDT
  ...So, you think if I exercise my nuts more often I should be all right? Sorry, I just HAD to do it. By the...
• Re: ? lug nuts for stock alloy rims: where to find?
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Brier
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:44:33 +0100
  > Is there an alternative to the stock lug lug nuts for the late model Vanagon alloy rims available. I just called my local dealer...
• Re: Anti-sieze on 1987 Alloy lug nuts ?
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:12:19 -0600
  ...Lloyd ( with 10 new front lug nuts on order) McClelland Eureka, California [text/html]
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:46:32 -0500
  ...set on "bolt sieze" as it took > forever to get the lug nuts off my rear wheels to put on the snows. I > ended...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 21:44:12 -0700
  ...lug nut torque? > > --snip-- > >for 1 ton trucks, which the Vanagon is one > > of. > --snip-- > > Really? I thought it was 3/4 ton- no...
• Re: Stuck rear brakes on '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 06:29:21 EST
  ...If you ding up a lug nut, make sure you adjust it back with a grinder or hammer. Try your lug wrench on for...
• Re: [Fwd: bosch digifant] Warm lug nuts.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 02:47:40 EDT
  ...After a 2 hour trip I felt the lug nuts to be warm to touch, where as the rears were cool. Thanks. >> That is...
• Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Dec 96 10:34:33 -0800
  ...However, I naively assumed it would be easy to get the wheels off--I could not remove even one of the lug nuts. I...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:25:29 -0800
  ...Alloy lug nuts or bolts would work....but the contact area is a lot larger on the alloy nut or bolt. The seller should...
• 15" Tire Rack Steel Mercedes wheel for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:00:31 -0700
  ...The lug hole taper is not meant for ball shaped seats. Tapered (conical) lug nuts and bolts are desirable but the stock nuts and...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:25:28 -0700
  ...lug nuts torque- > At 6/25/2010 07:57 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: >>get the breaker bar as a few of us advised before...
• Re: Lug nut madness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:19:36 -0400
  ...So if you really want to make sure the wheels are installed properly, lug nuts should be changed after 3-5 uses. Dennis -----Original...
• Proper torque of lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:04:38 -0800
  ...Is 133 the correct figure? Seems just snug to me, so if this is correct I have been over tightening lug nuts for years...
• Lug nuts off!
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 14:05:15 -0400
  Thanks to all of you who responded to my lug nut problem. I put on a 19mm deep socket that my neighbor supplied only...
• Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:52:41 -0800
  ...Ballseat lugholes will be a different story as typical radius for the 12mm lugnuts & bolts will be smaller than the 14mm version. That is...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:20:58 -0600
  ...I have also seen where a manager was telling my friend that they hand torque every lug nut, while at the same moment said...
• Bolts / Re:Dumb as a Goose <correction!>
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 23:56:50 -0500
  ...Bolts to hold reduction gear boxes to spring plates Axles nuts, 36mm & 42mm Lug nuts up the yin yang brakes sproings etc. etc. etc.
• Re: Help getting lug nuts off
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:53:32 -0400
  ...and if I use the "factory supplied" > lug wrench all I'm doing is stripping the nuts. Any suggestions on getting > them off? Having...
• Locking lug nut/high lift jack
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:56:26 +0000
  ...I went to get a locking lug nut just cause. I could only find them in sets of 4. If they were a buck...
• lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:02:07 -0400
  ...Since the vanagon lugs aren't actually nuts but bolts I'm wondering if there is some difference in how tight they should be...
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 28 Sep 94 16:56:44 CDT
  On Wed, 28 Sep 94 16:16:14 CDT David Carment said: >Have been told and confirmed through experience that Vanagon lug nuts are...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:34:03 -0800
  er ah Bill? who put the lugnutz on? you might want to check the studs with zyglo after that little episode. And closely examine...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:14:31 -0800
  ...Nuts and bolts are different sizes, so you need a new lug wrench with multiple sockets. I like the extending handle type. Stuart '85...
• spinning rear lug nut
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:02:14 -0700
  ...but when i went to retighten the lugs, one decided that it wanted to spin in place. i think the stud has striped itself...
• Re: Tech tip #2/torque values
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 12:17:10 +0000
  ...For the Syncro, the lug nut torque is 133 ft/lbs. I bought a torque wrench just for this van. Not too sure for...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:54:43 -0700
  ...of >> turns is 9.3 for the nut/bolt engagement. >> >> In the case of a lugbolt engaging into the brake drum, if the drum...
• Re: Mercedes wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - BenT .
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:05:33 +0000
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• Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:57:44 -0800 (PST)
  ...However, I naively assumed it would be easy to get the > wheels off--I could not remove even one of the lug nuts. I...
• Lug Bolt/Nut Size/Thread Pitch
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:24:49 -0500
  ...Bolts 14 x 1.5mm Nuts 12 x 1.5mm I'm buying longer Audi bolts for the front and want to buy new...
• Re: Help getting lug nuts off
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:38:21 -0400
  ...access by removing the rear wheels, in trying to remove one lug nut, I broke both my 150 ft-lb torque wrench and snapped...
• Re: steel/alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:46:26 -0700
  ...Who's right, list or VW? > Price of front lug bolts/rear lug nuts for the alloys from dlr was obscene, > anyone have any...
• Re: Torque Wheels? -- 6 point sockets and Anti-seize
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 00:21:10 -0500
  ...If you use anti-seize on the threads you should also reduce the amount of torque used in installation of the lug nuts or...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:54:02 -0700
  ...the rear wheel stud and nut assembly as simply the "nut" because they are accustomed to seeing the lugBOLTS in front. My apologies if...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:21:40 -0700
  ...for the breaker bar/socket AFTER the 4 way or stock lug nut tool did not work. If the failure happens in the rain...
• '84 Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 16:21:33 -0700
  Well the lug nuts I reported on never did come off. After a 2 weeks of WD-40 soaking, tapping, and tugging I took...
• Re: locking lugs for SA wheels?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:57:57 -0400
  ...locking lugs for SA wheels? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Are there any locking lug nuts and bolts that work on South African >wheels...
• Re: Longer studs for S A alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:04:36 -0800
  ...I am just not used to seeing 3 - 4 threads of the lugnut exposed when most vehicles the stud protrudes past the nut. I...
• Re: Wheel tightening technique
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jan 2013 00:52:38 -0500
  ...In general lug nuts/bolts should not be lubricated. Also, lug nuts do have a life limit. Proper torque for the Vanagon (dry or...