Re: Why Bolts

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <00c701bf0ce4$6a043280$8ec166ce@toypedro> toycraft@theriver.com writes:

> That has puzzled me for years!  Audi and VW using bolts rather than a stud
> and nut.  The real puzzle to me is because........I started in the business
> at the dealer level with Volkswagen in 1966.
> They have always claimed a stud and nut is stronger and better "clamping"
> than a bolt, yet they insist on using wheel lug bolts!

And head bolts.  And the biggest mother of them all is a bolt, too.

I was surprised to find the Type 44 hub held on by a bolt.

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 Phil Payne
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