List,
I bought a set of Mark's lug nut sleeves and they worked perfectly.
Considering the cost and work of changing over to the metric lugs, and then
paying $3 ea. for used Nissan lug nuts, I thought it was a great idea.
Thanks Mark!
Dave.
69 2L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Harper" <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
To: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: Road wheel bushings
> Pat, and list,
>
> I had some made and they work great. The small run
> that I did ended up being pretty expensive, and I sold
> 2 sets to the first (and only) commers for $20 a set
> (16). I put a set on my roadster, and donated another
> to a "worthy cause". The ones I sold were quite nice,
> I think (comments), but at $20 not cheap. The thing
> is, about the time I was ready to produce them
> (probably much cheaper in bulk), someone found a
> source for 7/16 aftermarket lug nuts with .73" shanks,
> making the project dead on arrival. (the sleeves have
> an OD of.75 which is a nice tight fit in the holes)
>
> I still have some stock if someone wants some sleeves
> cut. I will ck on how much it will cost, but should
> be < $20 per set, now that I know what I am doing and
> have the stock). The best alternative is the lug nut
> source however, IMHO. The nuts sell for about $40
> shipped. I have not bought them, but several folks
> have.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike Harper
> '66 1600
> '68 2000
> Charleston SC
>
>
> --- "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > A few weeks ago there was a thread about having a
> > shop make some bushings
> > to use on metric road wheels so they would work with
> > our roadsters. They
> > said that they would post something once the parts
> > were received and
> > tested. I haven't heard anything, have they been
> > tried?
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pat
> >
> > 67.5 w/300zx alloys and no bushings!
> >
> > - Support Habitat for Humanity, A "hand up", not a
> > "hand out" -
> >
> > Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future
> > planner
> > CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
> > voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885,
> > horne@cs.utexas.edu
> >
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