Date:         Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:35:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
              reply-type=original

Nice to see your comments Don.
re
 I've seen alloy lug bolts fail.   They are prohibited on racetracks.  I
don't use them on any vehicle.  A 'ham-fisted'  mechanic with an air impact
wrench can over-stress them with ease and you'd never know till they let
go.  You can even twist them right off 'by hand' (make the bolt shaft break
using a normal lug wrench) and they sometimes seize onto a steel hub due to
dissimilar metals reaction.

Now, do you mean   "  *Alloy Wheel *  wheel mounting bolts "
or do you mean 'alloy wheel mounting bolts.'

Stock Vanagon 14 inch alloy wheels are mounted with what appear to me to be
normal steel wheel mounting bolts, with a shiny chrome cap on them.
The torque spec on them is pretty high I think too.

if there are actual 'alloy wheel mounting bolts' ....I've never heard of
any.

scott
turbovans



----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts


> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> they also require a cone face lug nut or bolt .
>> And it's not exactly the same as the one used on 14 inch alloy wheels...
>> close, but not the same .    Alloy lug nuts or bolts would work....but
>> the
>> contact area is a lot larger on the alloy nut or bolt.
>
>
>  I've seen alloy lug bolts fail.   They are prohibited on racetracks.  I
> don't use them on any vehicle.  A 'ham-fisted'  mechanic with an air
> impact
> wrench can over-stress them with ease and you'd never know till they let
> go.  You can even twist them right off 'by hand' (make the bolt shaft
> break
> using a normal lug wrench) and they sometimes seize onto a steel hub due
> to
> dissimilar metals reaction.
>  Don Hanson