[s-cars] replacement lug bolt

[Steve Mills]

It should be fine as long as the head matches. BTW, I highly recommend the
new 2-piece lug bolts- they are orders of magnitude easier to break loose,
and I believe they torque down more accurately also. You can buy them new,
but the best price I found was still more than $3 each. Chris Semple @
Force5auto.com had them for $1 each.

Steve

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Varon H. Fugman <vfugman at globaldialog.com>wrote:

> Last time I bought a replacement lug bolt almost 10 years ago it matched my
> original OEM bolts exactly.  However, I got a replacement from a dealer for
> a lost lug bolt* this week and it doesn't match-the spherical head and
> length are correct, but it is chromed and doesn't have the "castle-top"
> like
> my original grayish-greenish bolts.  Is it OK to mix and match?
>
>
>
> Is it OK to mix a new bolt with a set of 15-year old bolts which have
> undoubtedly stretched over the years?
>
>
>
> Varon
>
> '95 urS6
>
>
>
> *The reason I needed a replacement is I lost one.  Despite re-torquing a
> few
> days after installing snow tires about 5 weeks ago, my left-rear wheel
> loosened up.  I had a strange vibration driving home from work on
> Monday-only noticeable during coast or cruise-went away on acceleration or
> braking.  Got home and found one lug bolt missing and the other 4 loose.
> Maybe I didn't do a careful enough job seating the wheel on the hub (I
> shouldn't wait until it is already frigid cold and snowing to put the
> Hakkapelittas on!)  My new advice for those running winter tires: CHECK
> YOUR
> LUG BOLTS REGULARLY!
>
>
>
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