Thread: Wheel Nuts

Originally posted by RoverOne
Are they washers behind the tapered nuts

8O 8O
Each to his own - if you want to wash(er) your nuts in public, be my guest. :wink:

Hmmm...that's interesting. There are no washers or anything behind my nuts. I must just have been born with shorter studs! Story or my life, really. ops:

Paul

Originally posted by Defender200Tdi
I must just have been born with shorter studs! Story or my life, really. ops:

Now, now Paul.
Remember, it's not the size that matters....... :roll:

Originally posted by Defender200Tdi
Hmmm...that's interesting. There are no washers or anything behind my nuts. I must just have been born with shorter studs! Story or my life, really. ops:

Paul

I just had another look at my nuts and virtually level (can't see any exposed thread) with end of the stud (it is painfull though) :wink:

The pic to me looks like a different colour metal behind the nut, like some sort of cup washer, on mine, nut just flush on steel rim, I'll try and get a digital camera.....? Maybe I should get new reading glasses but looks quite different compared to your pic. 8O :?: :?:

The shiny silver stuff you can see is just some nickel antisieze compound that's squeezed out as they were tightened up. There's definitely no washers or anything on the studs. I've read before that the studs are a bit short with Disco rims fitted to Defenders. Maybe there's a change in stud length at some stage with different age Defenders. Mine's an old bugga, built Nov 92.


Paul [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

and mines only a 93 but seems all ok.

Originally posted by Defender200Tdi
The shiny silver stuff you can see is just some nickel antisieze compound that's squeezed out as they were tightened up. There's definitely no washers or anything on the studs. I've read before that the studs are a bit short with Disco rims fitted to Defenders. Maybe there's a change in stud length at some stage with different age Defenders. Mine's an old bugga, built Nov 92.


Paul [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

That makes sense, when you relook at pic. Mines 1997 so I guess a change was made somewhere down the track. 8)

Originally posted by harry
8) vlad $ cost of 3 cans/ = 1 new nut
cheaper to paint them
and are your original nuts the same as disco nuts to fit your disco wheels?
8)

One alternative to painting the nuts is to use the 35mm film packaging.

Go to your nearest camera shop and I am sure they will be greatful to get rid of atleast 20 or so.

You'll need to shorten them - but look good once done.

LRH.