Wheel question for newbie

[Kneale Brownson]

I doubt that assembly line circumstances would lead to that consideration.



At 05:24 PM 04/16/2001 -0400, Larry C Leung wrote:

>Oh My God. Does Audi feel it's assembly line workers are THAT blind or
>stupid! (I'd bet liability laws end as the car rolls off the assembly
>ramp!).
>
>LL - NY
>
>On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:16:23 -0400 Kneale Brownson
><knotnook at traverse.com> writes:
> >At 08:58 AM 04/16/2001 -0400, Michael Guidotti wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Just out of curiousity does anyone know why Audi and several other
> >car
> >>companies use bolts instead of a stud and nut setup??
> >
> >Supposedly, it's because lug bolts can only go on one way.  Lug nuts
> >can be
> >put on in a reverse manner, in which case they would not seat properly
> >in
> >the depressions in the wheel.
> >
>