hubcentric adapter question

[Huw Powell]

> Hmm, I find this highly interesting. For years now I've been thinking  
> that the aftermarket wheel companies have been selling dangerous  
> products by sending them out the door with plastic hub center  
> adapters. I was under the impression that with stock wheels the hub  
> center was carrying all the radial (vertical) loads and the bolts/ 
> studs all the axial loads. Now you say that friction does it all

I was reading an interesting site the other day about nuts and bolts - 
it was very "rock crawler"-specific, but one thing the guy was saying 
was exactly that.  The fastener is there to create friction due to 
pressure betweent hemating surfaces.

> which I can sort of understand but what about the following scenarios:
> 
> 1. You coat the hub to wheel interface with anti-seize compound.

A question I had, as well.  Though, I think I'd prefer a microscopic 
layer of anti-rust compound to a macroscopic layer of corrosion.

> 2. The wheel is powder coated on the hub mating surface (most are).

I don't see how that would affect it, really.  Unless, I suppose, the 
powder coating was done really badly and was uneven.

> 3. A couple of the lug nuts/bolts get loose.

All bets are off if the car is not assembled correctly.

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Huw Powell

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