Lug Bolts: SOLVED!

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covelo
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Post by covelo » Fri May 11, 2007 9:06 am

Amskeptic wrote: Centering the wheels in the lug holes is critical with un-piloted wheels.
Colin
Sorry, what are unpiloted wheels?
‘80 Vanagon Westfalia - 54,400 miles
'91 Toyota Pickup (4WD long bed) - 199,960 miles
1987 Alfa Spider Veloce - 166,400 miles
2017 VW E-Golf - 5,600 miles

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Amskeptic
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Post by Amskeptic » Sat May 12, 2007 8:01 am

Piloted wheels are centered by a flange. The wide-five early VW wheels used the lug bolts themselves to center them, much less precise. Many early American cars are un-piloted as well.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Hippie
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Post by Hippie » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:44 pm

This is way late, but I think the 72 ft lbs number was for a Beetle. I do my Bus to 94.
Friend of mine (You know Bill, Colin) actually handed the mechanic his lug wrench and said "Now, take 'em off." He couldn't do it so he put away the rattle gun and used the torque wrench like he'd been asked to do in the first place!
I laughed my butt of when he told me that!

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