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Skip Williamson (Darolls)
Junior Member
Username: Darolls
Post Number: 174
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:11 pm: | |
I'm confused; you have lug nuts??
Meaning you have lugs in the rotor hubs, and nuts that hold the wheels on??? |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: 91tr
Post Number: 2171
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:29 am: | |
It's not really the wheels that are different mounting-wise (i.e., 7x16, 8x16, and 14" 308 wheels are all the same in the bolt/mounting area), it's the rotors and hubs that are different front vs. rear (e.g., you can put a 7x16 wheel on the 308 rear as long as you use the shorter lugbolts). So I believe the answers to your questions are: "yes", "yes", and "no" (i.e., the lugbolts are different front vs rear for the rotors/hubs, and regardless of the wheel size, the longer ones go with the front rotor/hub and the shorter ones go with the rear rotor/hub). |
Tazio Nuvolari (Nuvolari)
Member
Username: Nuvolari
Post Number: 326
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:10 am: | |
Bolts are supposed to be longer on the front than on the back. All looks normal here...just remember to tighten those wheels. |
Mike (Adesalos)
New member
Username: Adesalos
Post Number: 44
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:07 am: | |
I have a 79 cared 308, with the QV 16" wheels.
I almost lost a wheel yesterday because NTB didn't retorque my wheel properly after changing tires a week ago.
Scary when you think that I was going 80 mph before discovering the problem!
However, I discovered that the nuts are different front and back: the front nut are 1/2 inch or so longer than the back ones on my car.
I tried to fit the front ones on the back but they were too long...
My questions are:
Is it normal?
Are the nuts on 14" original wheels the same as the ones on 16"?
Are the nuts different on front and rear wheels (7" vs. 8"?)? |
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