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Damdifino
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Aug 11, 2015

Where can I buy fine-threaded carriage bolts and lug nuts?

A few months ago I bought a set of five new wheels and tires for my TT at a national tire dealer. Recently when I tried to remove the spare from my bumper mounted carrier manufactured by Stromberg Car...
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Ozlander
Explorer
Aug 11, 2015
Damdifino wrote:
Those of you with this setup know that it's important to have the lug nut so that it mates correctly into the lug hole on the wheel, holding it solidly in place. And that's why you need the fine-thread carriage bolt to match.

I don't believe they make a fine thread carriage bolt. I looked in McMaster-Carr and if they don't have it nobody else does.
You need to use a regular bolt and two nuts. One to hold the bolt in place and one to hold the wheel.

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