David Hillman wrote:
> anyone give me some good reason why I shouldn't think lug bolts are one of
> the greatest mistakes in automotive engineering history? What is their
> purpose, other than to take a perfectly good design and ruin it
No idea "why". A lady co-worker just bought a [BMW] Mini Cooper for a
"winter car" after I informed her they were FWD. But it came with
summer-only run-flats. So she (we) just bought a winter wheel & tire
package from the good folks at TireRack.com
I went to mount them yesterday, and discovered it has bolts rather than
studs. They make wheel changes a real PITA. I jacked the car so the
tire was just *barely* off the ground and was able to pull off the
stock, and "hang" the new on the hub, then with difficulty hold 40 lbs
of mass against the hub while indexing it to find the bolt holes.
F*****g stupid! If there's a good explanation for this, I'd love to
hear it. But ultimately, it wasn't all that hard to mount them. They
do call for 103 ft/lbs torque, which is way higher than I'm accustomed
to on my Asian Branded wheel stud equipped vehicles.
-Wayne
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