The shank had BETTER NOT bottom out, or the wheel won't be held on tightly.
Sounds like crappy quality to me.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> ambradley@frontiernet.net
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:17 AM
> To: Datsun List
> Subject: wheelcomponents.com lugnut failure?
>
>
> I just had my Nissan factory alloy wheels mounted on my 411 using the
> wheelcomponents.com short/fat shank lugnuts. Of the 20 I purchased
> (just to have a few extras), three of them busted off while being
> torqued. The first was to 75lbs, the other two to about 55-65 lbs.
> First, what should our wheels be torqued to on these cars? And second,
> shouldn't a modern lugnut take much more torque than that?
>
> The failure occurred between the head and the shank portion, the shank
> being completely torn from the head of the bolt. Fortunately we were
> able to remove the shank portion because it doesn't bottom out on the
> wheel, rather than torque occurs on the lug nut head making contact
> with the shoulder of the wheel. This is how it's supposed to be for
> this type of lugnut, isn't it? I was told the shank shouldn't bottom
> out - is that correct?
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