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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myredracer wrote: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.
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I guess if you mount a spare steel wheel and it rolls off on you, you will find out why. :S
My wheels, both the steel spare and alloy, require the tapered lug nuts to center the wheel. The wheels/drum are lug- not hub-centric. Without the taper, or round-bottom, lugs the wheel could slither about 1/4" in all directions.
