Lug nuts for steel wheels?
I've just had a need to mount the spare tire on our TT for the first time while I deal with a tire issue. The lug nuts for the alloy wheels are conical but are they the correct ones to be using with ...
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brulaz wrote:
Their catalogue does specify lug nuts with the 60 degree taper.I noticed that too and I asked and she said something about it means you CAN'T use it with tapered nuts. There is an asterik after "60" but I can't see a reference anywhere to that.
I have the TT at the frame shop now and asked the owner (very knowledgeable guy) and he shrugged his shoulders, rolled his eyes, and said they're just going cheap and doing that now.
If the wheel has no taper in the lug holes, I imagine the tapered nuts eventually deform the edges of the hole to fit the lug nuts degree of taper. Yes, it would seem that way. There is a bit of a taper already from deforming the metal. I wonder how many hundreds or thousands of miles it takes along with repeated torquing before they stay tight?
I guess if you mount a spare steel wheel and it rolls off on you, you will find out why. :S
