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| Elliot Cannon |
 Jan 21 2013, 12:05 AM
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I'm not sure how much spacing I'm going to need with the new wheels with my 5 lug conversion. I might want to get what might be longer than needed wheel lugs and would then have to use steel lug nuts. Would the steel lug nuts be a problem?
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| pcar916 |
Jan 21 2013, 12:56 PM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None
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They certainly won't come off if torqued properly, but they DO need to be Porsche-specific mating surfaces which are dished. You can buy generic steel nuts that have the wrong cut, usually straight and at some specific angle, and they are obviously bad for the wheels.
I clean and use just a smidge* of grease or silicon, not on the threads, but on the mating surfaces to keep them from galling the wheels. Too much lube and I find it radiating out from the nuts onto the wheel. *Definition: (smidge) As close to a mono-molecular layer as I can manage. Similar to "skosh", "tad" or "dollup". I imagine there might be others here who've forgotten to torque a wheel at some point in their lives... not me of course. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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