On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > oh right.......I was going to mention that. > I have seen people press out the steel insert, which I highly do NOT > recommend !~ > there must be a reason Mercedes built that steel insert into their wheels. > it's very easy to keep them in the wheels and just drill them out for a 14 > mm stud or bolt. > Besides, when you press the inserts out, the stud hole is bigger than you > need it to be. > Plus, the ball face is part of the steel insert......... > heck, I know a vanagon guy with some 14 inch Benz wheels with the inserts > pressed out. They are 'garden sculpture' objects to me without those steel > inserts.
Scott, When you remove the insert, you get a 60° conical seat lughole. The insert works similar to a conical seat lugnut. I've seen these wheels in use in that manner for years. My RHD singlecab had them from 1982 until I sold it to Vic Ahmed about 5 years ago. So about 20 years of use w/o incidents. As they say, YMMV.
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