wheel studs /bolts

[ed armstrong]

Hmm, I don't know if I'd trust a hardware store bolt
on my car as a wheel stud. Even if it was a high
grade.

Just my opinion.



--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> Pretty pricey, I'd say.  I found a similarly-long
> bolt at the hardware with
> the same thread (took in a wheel bolt, matched a
> nut, matched the long
> bolt).  I cut off the head and sawed a screwdriver
> slot in it.  I don't
> have the nifty knurling, but the bolt still works
> just dandy.  I think that
> long a metric bolt of that heft cost me ~$3.
> 
> At 04:54 PM 4/30/2004 -0400, auditude at cox.net wrote:
> >Must be this piece?
> >
> >http://www.ultimategarage.com/whlhgr.html
> >
> >Also maybe what Taka has in his 200q20v registry
> pic:
> >
>
>http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=355
> >
> >Now I know where it probably came from.  I might
> get one of those.
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >no1of consequence iin10ded at hotmail.com 
> >
> >i bought a nice little tool from ultimategarage.com
> that is what tony 
> >describes. its threaded on one end, about 8" long,
> with a knurled end for 
> >gripping + threading but a smooth shaft.
> >
> >i think it was 25$, not cheap but nicely made and
> makes working with bolts 
> >much easier.
> 
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