Only problem with flipping the lug nut over is ours have a shoulder that
prevents you from using a socket on the lug if flipped over! Very hard
to pull the lug in tight enough with an open end wrench. I know I had
to do this a month ago.
other suggestions?
Don Mallinson
krazgeo@comcast.net wrote:
>Install it yourself on the car, with the wheel removed, so that you can see
>more easily the progress of the seating of the stud. Hammer the old one out
>from the front, and install the new one from the back. Use the lug nut upside
>down so that the larger top side of the nut takes the load, rather than the
>smaller tapered shoulder. Tighten until it seats. Then install the wheel and
>tighten to specs as above. (Flip the nut right side up...but you knew to do
>that, right?)
>
>You can check torque again in a day or so, but I'll bet it won't have changed.
>
>George
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