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Lotus / Spridget lug nuts

To: mit-eddie!hplabs!hpupora!mikej@garp.MIT.EDU (Mike Johnson)
Subject: Lotus / Spridget lug nuts
From: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 13:55:16 CDT
> 
> Watch out.  Lotus lug nuts are spec at 45Lb.  And yes they do strip at
> ~60Lb.  Darn it.
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Spridgets are also at 45 ft-lb.  Are the Lotus ones also 3/8-UF?  The
way it was explained to me by the Winner's Circle, you can overtighten
them, not strip them, go out and do some brisk cornering and they
break.  Some folks go to bigger studs, but WC says it is not
necessary, you can run 10" slicks on the stock studs if you just
refrain from tightening them over 45 ft-lb.  I torque mine to 45,
tops, and then wire them.
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