wheel studs /bolts

[ed armstrong]

I see, that _is_ a very useful tool. Especially when
working in the dark ?!


--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> It's not a wheel bolt.  It's a tool to hang the
> wheel on when reinstalling
> wheels.  It lets you insert the wheel bolts without
> having to hold the
> wheel/tire assembly in place and hope the threads
> are all lined up.  Note I
> said I cut the head of the bolt off and sawed a
> screwdriver slot in it.
> Sort of like the tool in the photo.
> 
> At 07:34 PM 4/30/2004 -0700, ed armstrong wrote:
> >
> >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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