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Re: EMPI lug nuts

To: Joe Kinstle <jkunstler@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: EMPI lug nuts
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:40:24 -0700
You might try wheelcomponents.com p/n 7502.  It has a .61" shank (with 
what looks like a .68" shoulder for the washer or maybe just a stepped 
bore in the wheel).  The washer size, if included, isn't listed, but you 
could give them a call and ask.  At $1.50 a pop, it wouldn't hurt to try...

Joe Kinstle wrote:

>I called McGard today and the smaller diameter shank style lug nuts are NLA.
>They said they stopped making them a couple years ago and threw out all
>their old stock.  Curses!  It looks like I'm going the custom lug nut route.
>I'll actually buy shank stlye lug nuts and simply mill the shaft down to the
>size I need.  Sounds simple enough.   I thought about modifying the wheels
>to fit acorn style lug nuts, but I think milling down the lug nuts will be
>easier and I won't mess with the original wheel.
>
>Joe






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