Lug nuts for steel wheels?

Lynnmor wrote:

myredracer wrote:


It just doesn't seem right to be using a conical shaped lug nut when the holes in the rims are drilled into flat metal with no mating conical shape. The sides of the lug nuts get forced against a sharp right angle edge.

Have been messing around with vintage European cars over the decades and the steel wheels have a cone shape with a lug nuts or bolt specifically for steel. And the alloy wheels use a different nut or bolt and they also have a different taper angle.

Can't see the conical nuts holding as wheel on steel wheels or centering as well as alloy wheels
:R

Wow, it does seem like you have a bastard wheel. No wonder you asked, what we thought was a simple question.

I just looked at my steel spare and it does have a taper that is slightly less than 1/8". If you have one that is a simple straight hole, I wouldn't use it. I guess that the first lug tightened is the one that decides the wheel location? Is there any chance that the taper is on the reverse side?

They used to form a bulge at each hole so that the taper would be more pronounced, but maybe that cost a nickel to do. China Bomb wheels now, what's next?