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2.1K views 21 replies 14 participants last post by  john-mono  
#1 ·
I now have a bag full of stainless steel nuts.

12 of them to be exact.

12 stainless steel wheel nuts.

They is nice. ;)
 
#3 ·
Yep. I cannot believe, once again, how brilliant the service was.

Ordered them at 1430 on Monday and they were there when I got home yesterday. That's less than 24 hours.

My existing wheel nuts are deforming to the point where it is difficult to get the wheel brace fully on. I'm worried that one day I won't be able to get them off.
 
#9 ·
Clive .. The drag coefficient of 12 stainless wheel nuts = a loss of over 1.2 BHP.
I read that. Or did i dream it ? Either way if the Nuts aint balanced you could add to the equasion of in balanced handling to your car...
Bus Stop. Nuns . Young Puppies ? I dread to think ;)
Peace
John mono
 
#10 ·
As a simple question has led to complete stupidity ...................................... guess I will ahve to do a web search and find out what they look like, the S/S wheel nuts that is for the twisted minds of some!, as mentioned earlier I really do need so new wheel nuts to replace the incorrect and butchered ones on this 75Th Anniversay model.
 
#12 ·
I am in need of some new wheel nuts too. MS is out of stock on his website but has them on ebay at ÂŁ54 plus ÂŁ4 postage. This does seem a lot. Are they that good? Or has anyone got some equally good but cheaper wheel nuts?
 
#14 ·
Wheel nut diameter

Always concerned over alternative wheel nuts as the original ones are 28mm in diameter, and the mounting holes in my 11 spokes are really big compared to the 12mm studs.

What's the diameter of Mike's wheelnuts??
 
#19 ·
Concerning MS's SS wheel nuts, be careful with them. Stainless steel threads gall very easily and can lead to failure of the threads due to corrosion between the SS nut and the steel threads of the stud, or you may find that you cannot get the SS nut off the steel stud; they have corroded together. If you do use SS nuts you must use anitsieze on the threads.