Don, Scott's talking about the wheel nuts and bolts that come with Vanagon
alloy wheels - they are different from the ones that are used on the
steelies.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> > they also require a cone face lug nut or bolt .
> > And it's not exactly the same as the one used on 14 inch alloy wheels...
> > close, but not the same .    Alloy lug nuts or bolts would work....but
> the
> > contact area is a lot larger on the alloy nut or bolt.
>
>
>  I've seen alloy lug bolts fail.   They are prohibited on racetracks.  I
> don't use them on any vehicle.  A 'ham-fisted'  mechanic with an air impact
> wrench can over-stress them with ease and you'd never know till they let
> go.  You can even twist them right off 'by hand' (make the bolt shaft break
> using a normal lug wrench) and they sometimes seize onto a steel hub due to
> dissimilar metals reaction.
>   Don Hanson
>

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