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Old 07-02-2009, 02:52 PM
boschert_72 boschert_72 is offline
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well, to partake in the flinging of poo......
I takes a lot of energy to break/shear lug bolts on anything, repeated stress of course will make a difference, but aside from that think of a top fuel dragster launching.
Some 3000+ horsepower going to an enormous amount of traction in les time than u can let yur foot of the brake in our trucks, all running through just 5 9/16 or 5/8 studs torqued to 100-150 ftlbs.
We have 8 to do the same with much less power and traction.

Aside from that, i dont know what the deal was but i used to work at sears auto(yah i know) and had a customer with a bmw that hold lug centric bolts, and wheels that had a hub centric option. We could not get the car to stop vibrating no matter what we did until we ordered special rings. Didnt make much sense because the factory wheels were lug centric......
I dont know if that helps but that is my experience
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