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Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts?

To: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts?
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:43:14 -0800
Came across this:

http://www.boltscience.com/pages/failure4.htm


bs

David Hillman wrote:
>     I'm sort-of shopping for my wife's next car, and have recently learned 
> that two of the would-be candidates feature this insane method of wheel 
> attachment called the 'lug bolt'.  Now, I had a Alfa years ago that used 
> these, and the day I sold it, I vowed never again to be stupid enough to 
> buy such a car.  Actually, I think I made that vow every damn I had to 
> put a wheel on that car, but it was Italian, so you expected some hassle.
>
>     But, the choices are pretty slim apart from these two cars... so can 
> 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 
> completely?  Are they the result of a bunch of German engineers getting 
> way too drunk on dark beer at a Christmas party, and betting each other to 
> see who could come up with the worst idea?
>
>     Thanks in advance.
>
> --
>   David Hillman
> _______________________________________________
>
>   


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