Re: 2A wheel stud thread size

On 2008-07-17, NoOne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 <noonehome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I've never tried to tap a wheelnut, but I'd have thought the steel
hardness 
> would be pretty close to that of any tap you could buy. 

I also thought it was im****tant to get the right collar profile, not
sure what the proper name for it is, but basically the countersink in
the hole needs to match the sides of the nut otherwise you can get too
much pressure in some places, not enough in others (sorry, memory
failing).

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