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Date:         Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:15:34 -0700
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: Mercedes Wheels Installation Question  90 GL
Comments: To: levi hawkins <b1levi@YAHOO.COM>
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the radius, or curve shape, of the ball face is the issue. there's a guy on eBay that specializes in this stuff, and can supply the exact right thing I think... 14 mm nuts with the right ball face to match the Benz wheels.

----- Original Message ----- From: "levi hawkins" <b1levi@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Mercedes Wheels Installation Question 90 GL

> Another BTW, > You don't want to use vanagon ball seat lugnuts, they don't fit the clk > interior contour correctly. > Vanagon ball seats are 14mm, and too large for the 12mm seat of the > mercedes, even though the hole is drilled out to 14mm, you really need to > use a 12mm ballseat there. > > --- On Mon, 6/7/10, BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Mercedes Wheels Installation Question 90 GL > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 6:07 PM > > > > BTW, assuming you have the correct hardware to match the contours of > the lughole. For example, you put a ballseat lugnut in a conical seat > hole, you are applying the torque only in the portion that is > touching. Think wooden ball on top of a book shelf vs. block of wood > on the same shelf. Pressure would be at the point of the ball vs. > Evenly distributed on the block of wood. Holding ability is > dramatically different as torque on the wrong type of lugseat. > > > BenT > > Sent from my mobile devicef > > On Jun 7, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> > wrote: > >> Got the Vanco 2's mounted on the CLK 16" rims and they fit the front >> with no issues or spacers and more than 7 full turns on the stock >> wheel bolts/nuts. >>


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