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Wheel Nuts
After reading the various horror stories on here regarding wheel nuts, I purchased some non Land Rover ones to prevent any future issue.
Although they look well made, I'm a bit concerned that the diameter of the part that goes through the wheel is smaller than the LR ones.
Wishing I'd paid the extra and bought some Wrington ones now.
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Jason
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Whilst I agree that the difference is not confidence inspiring I should have thought that the purpose of the nuts is to hold the wheel firmly against the hub. That is why the wheel has to 'seat' properly before you can let go of it and start tightening the nuts.
Can't say I'd use them but I reckon they'll do the job.
Insurance would baulk at those and I'd always be thinking 'what if' when I drove it..
Does that 'help'?
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3rd Oct 2020 10:39 pm
ASPGuru
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I'm guessing that those new ones are maybe not the correct ones for your particular vehicle.
Land Rover seem to like changing sizes every now and then, but I'm no expert on what goes on what.
I just know that they are not all the same.
If it helps, I bought a set of Wrington ones, and whilst eye wateringly expensive they are quality gear.
But again, you need to be 100% sure you have selected the correct ones, as there are a number of variants, and not just in how they finish them.
Must stay off any site with a buy option when I've had a beer or three...
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Early L233 RR were much smaller diameter even than those new ones you have. The wheel nuts are not used to Center the wheel, that’s the job of the hub lip and wheel center bore, so all the nuts are doing is holding the wheel against the hub face. On that basis, as long as they are torqued up correctly they should be fine.
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A steel wheel has a steel nut that is tapered to centralise the wheel.
An alloy wheel has a shouldered nut to do the same.
If that shoulder is too small, the wheel will rotate on the hub.
The nut has 2 jobs to do, not only clamping.
If you think a nut is only for clamping, ask yourself why normal flat nuts have not been used on wheels for 50+ years.
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