lug bolt issue

Dec 15, 2005 21 Replies
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I guess that idea got tossed out the window because I really want nate to make a discovery. He is brighter than the average Joe, and I know he can do this.

FYI, I grease the heck out of my wheel rims and hubs to keep them from galling/bonding to eachother. This in effect greatly reduces any friction between the wheel and hub, and in fact the car came to me from the manufacturer with a healthy dose of some oil on the hub to keep the alloy wheel from sticking. If the FACTORY is putting grease/oil on the wheel hubs, I don't think it is *friction* they have in mind when they are doing so.

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I think that's the "in theory" part. In the real world, you can accelerate hard enough on drag slicks to move the tire relative to the rim (that's what the paint is for.) You can't tell me that the wheel studs don't absorb some of that load.

What about in cornering?

They can't require 5/8" wheel studs on my race car (dirt track) just to hold the wheel on.

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"Moroso Wheel Studs are manufactured from high-grade SAE 8740 steel to withstand shear loads of 190,000 psi (which exceeds Grade 8 specifications). Moroso Wheel Studs are designed expressly for use with thick-hub racing wheels for both drag and oval track racing."

Ray

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