Talk:Lug nut

Need images of lug nuts
This page on Lug nuts suffers from only showing the variants: there are photos of wheel bolts, wheel studs, locking keys, etc. but not, actually a lug nut (except installed in a wheel). --Nadalle (talk) 22:48, 9 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Added an image, see discussion below. Sauer202 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Need good image
We need a good image (drawing or photo) of lug nuts, that includes the tapered mating face, and if the inside can be seen, shows the internal threads. I deleted the old image, because the mating seat shown in Image:Lugnut.jpg was flat, not tapered, and because the threads were missing. 24.26.128.185 (talk) 21:05, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Added the image Image:Wheel Nuts All Details.png. Sauer202 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Mike Ludlow
I've just removed the edit "Mike Ludlow is sometimes referred to as 'Lug Nut'". I assume this is some non-notable, inside joke. A Google search reveals no hits for "Mike Ludlow" and "Lug Nut". If this is some sort of pop culture reference I'm failing to see, please excuse my ignorance. Drfoop (talk) 20:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Updated removing and replacing section
I added some additional info about proper removal and installation of lug nuts, including a list of appropriate tools and things to pay attention to, like torque values and using a star pattern. I also changed the name of the section to removal and installation, which covers a new installation more appropriately.

- Razor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.151.36.217 (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Security locking lug nut
This article could really do with a section on locking wheel nuts, especially as there one already pictured. Anyone knowledgeable on this simple security option? Kcd83 (talk) 22:50, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

See MCGard locking lug nuts for details, Their style of nuts are prevalent on Honda's and their re-badged American counterpart Acura although if this option is installed from the dealer or the factory I do not know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exosquad (talk • contribs) 08:34, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Cut out personal writing
This had been written into the "See Also" section. Personal experience doesn't belong on Wikipedia at all, let alone in a See Also section, but there might be some good information here, so somebody with good knowledge of cars or hardware may choose to find reliable sources for some of these ideas and add them to the article.

Note that at most car factories wheel nuts are tightened with a computer controlled multiple head nut wrench. These machines can deduce the Hookes Law curve and tighten the nuts up to the "knee" of the graph. Precision torque tightening is however not so easy to achieve in the field as dirt, rust and grease are guaranteed to alter the final clamping force produced with the recommended torque. One school of thought states that an under-tightened bolt represents money wasted because a similar clamping force could have been obtained with a smaller bolt fully tightened. As to left hand threads on the left hand side, this was an excellent idea as in the writers long experience it is always the nuts on the left hand side that work loose when the wheels traverse potholes and roadworks. One can of course solve the problem by over-engineering such as using Land Rover wheels on a domestic half ton trailer. As to nut tightening, some garages will use an air wrench until it will go no tighter. As most small air wrenches produce a maximum torque of about 150 foot pounds this will over-stress most wheel studs which will often snap later on. Note that new studs and nuts are relatively inexpensive when compared to the cost of tow-trucks. — 70.82.113.94 (talk) 12:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Most of what is useful in that pasted text seems to be incorporated in the article now, and some of it has even been refuted (the need for left hand threads, specifically). Sauer202 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Should "Load" be Better Defined?
This is a good article, but should the word "load" be better defined? 64.134.227.176 (talk) 19:47, 3 May 2013 (UTC)