My Volvo XC90, with it's massive wheels take bolts. Once you change them a
few times you get the hang of it and it's not bad.
I've debated taking a matching bolt and grinding down the head end to make a
tapered pin. I could then screw the tool into the highest threaded hole in
the hub and just hang the wheel on it temporarily.
Just a thought,
Jack
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From: shop-talk-bounces+jibjib=att.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces+jibjib=att.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
Spidell
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:43 PM
To: David Hillman
Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts?
Came across this:
http://www.boltscience.com/pages/failure4.htm
bs
David Hillman wrote:
> I'm sort-of shopping for my wife's next car, and have recently
> learned that two of the would-be candidates feature this insane method
> of wheel attachment called the 'lug bolt'. Now, I had a Alfa years
> ago that used these, and the day I sold it, I vowed never again to be
> stupid enough to buy such a car. Actually, I think I made that vow
> every damn I had to put a wheel on that car, but it was Italian, so you
expected some hassle.
>
> But, the choices are pretty slim apart from these two cars... so
> can anyone give me some good reason why I shouldn't think lug bolts
> are one of the greatest mistakes in automotive engineering history?
> What is their purpose, other than to take a perfectly good design and
> ruin it completely? Are they the result of a bunch of German
> engineers getting way too drunk on dark beer at a Christmas party, and
> betting each other to see who could come up with the worst idea?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> David Hillman
> _______________________________________________
>
>
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'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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