[Z06] Lug Nut Replacement
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Lug Nut Replacement
Anyone replacing lug nuts after tracking car for a couple seasons? Or using different set for track vs. street. Thinking of dedicating a set for track and picking up some new lug nuts and want to get opinons/thoughts. Would the mulitple heat cycles be anything to worry about?
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Not worth the bother.
There isn't a cyclic fatigue limit on studs or nuts, if you don't properly tighten them that is a different issue, use a torque wrench to tighten them up and you will be fine.
Get a couple of spares, both lug nuts and studs, so that if you damage one you will won't ruin a weekend.....
Also put a little bit of Neverseize on the threads, that will keep them from sticking and prevent both the studs and nuts from wearing out or galling and making a mess if they bind up....
There isn't a cyclic fatigue limit on studs or nuts, if you don't properly tighten them that is a different issue, use a torque wrench to tighten them up and you will be fine.
Get a couple of spares, both lug nuts and studs, so that if you damage one you will won't ruin a weekend.....
Also put a little bit of Neverseize on the threads, that will keep them from sticking and prevent both the studs and nuts from wearing out or galling and making a mess if they bind up....
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Sean,
I do replace mine all the time. It isn't for heat cycles, they just get trashed taking them on and off several times a day at the track. I replace them so I don't get in the situation where one gets stripped and I can't get it off at the wrong time.
You'd be surprised how many times I've been asked at the track for a spare lug nut or two... or maybe you wouldn't.
I just use the hollow GM lugnuts that came on the 02 Z06 and order them by the bag full from Fred Beans or GM Parts Direct.
I do replace mine all the time. It isn't for heat cycles, they just get trashed taking them on and off several times a day at the track. I replace them so I don't get in the situation where one gets stripped and I can't get it off at the wrong time.
You'd be surprised how many times I've been asked at the track for a spare lug nut or two... or maybe you wouldn't.
I just use the hollow GM lugnuts that came on the 02 Z06 and order them by the bag full from Fred Beans or GM Parts Direct.
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cuspid, McGard makes some lugnuts with a different spline that's a little lighter, and I think they're around $20 a set. DJWorm on the other Z site is going to start selling Ti lugnuts, and maybe studs, later this year.
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Originally Posted by leaftye
cuspid, McGard makes some lugnuts with a different spline that's a little lighter, and I think they're around $20 a set. DJWorm on the other Z site is going to start selling Ti lugnuts, and maybe studs, later this year.
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Best lug nuts you can get are the OEM ones for the 02 and earlier cars. They are beefy and can take a lot of abuse. You don't need the plastic covers at the track. The newer polished lug nuts will fall apart after they have been used a few times. The thin sheet metal covering the actual nut just can't take a lot of abuse.
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Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
Best lug nuts you can get are the OEM ones for the 02 and earlier cars. They are beefy and can take a lot of abuse. You don't need the plastic covers at the track. The newer polished lug nuts will fall apart after they have been used a few times. The thin sheet metal covering the actual nut just can't take a lot of abuse.
Bill
Bill
I didn't have OEM platic covers for grey wheels either, so I grabbed a set of the covers, and a new 01 lug nut. Sounds like good stuff to have on hand for a HPDE. Dave
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