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Date:   Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:56:16 -0700
Reply-To:   Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:   Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?
Comments:   To: Phil Menchions <tassie@E-STELLA.NET>

5 rev = about 1/4 to maybe 3/8 of an inch. 80+ mph down the interstate.

"Hmm-m-m", he says as he rubs his chin, pondering (but not for very long!).

"Nope. Not me. You gotta be nuts!"

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Menchions" <tassie@E-STELLA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts? > > > > why dont you just go to your local junkyard? there are tons of audi > 5000's > > in junkyards usually.. prolly get all the lug bolts you need for the 5 > > finger discount if youre good.. > > > > chris > > > > The original poster of this thread wound up buying Mercedes lugbolts with a > beefier head but still no longer than the Audi bolts. They are both 27mm > (1&1/8") from the tip to the seat. > > I've tried the Audi bolts with 9mm spacers (anywhere from 8 to 10mm are used > by most Vanagon owners switching to the 15" Audi Turbo rims) and find get > only 5 revolutions of the bolt before tightening. VW recommends at least 7.5 > turns. Interestingly the stock Vanagon bolt does about 9 revolutions with > the steel wheels. > > Some say if the bolt bites into the hub as far as its own thickness (in this > case 14mm) it is sufficient. > > Phil > '89 2wd Westy >

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