Wheel nuts question

[hbroodryk]

Hi all

First post for me, but I have been reading up on this forum for a while...

I hope somebody can help me with a question about wheel nuts; I have a set of Dunlop D1 alloy rims that seem to use a weird combination of tapered and tube-style nuts. To clarify, there is a recess for a large washer AND a taper in the holes. I have never seen anything like this before.

Can I use either a nut with the correct taper or a tube nut, or does it have to be this mythical combination nut? Any advice would be appreciated as I have not been able to use my rather excellent alloys.

Regards
Hannesb

[kalkat]

You need to use the wheel nut with tube and conical washer I'm afraid.

Try e-mailing these people.... www.speedshack.co.uk/Wheelnuts.htm



Emma

[hbroodryk]

Hi

Thanks for the link Emma, but none of those look correct to me. Without the benefit of a picture replacing a thousand words I will try to explain it a bit better...

Looking at the wheel from the "outside", there is a flat recess that looks like it should take a flat washer (like a tube would have) and beyond that (deeper into the wheel, towards the "inside") there is a tapered section like a, well, tapered nut would use. The hole itself is also too small to fit the one and only tube-style nut that I do own.

I have not measured the recess for the washer for diameter or depth, nor have I measured the hole itself (don't know how I would determine the angle of the taper accurately), so maybe having that information would help?

Regards
Hannesb

[kalkat]

Ah.... that's why I suggested you e-mail them. They don't illustrate everything they keep.

I'm aware of the D1 nuts - I had some on a car once - I wish I still had them *sighs*



Emma

[hbroodryk]

I see; didn't read your reply properly. Thanks again, I will try to get in touch with them.

Does that mean that you have seen these weird and wonderful combination nuts before then?

Regards
Hannes

[kalkat]

Yes I have seen these oddities - as I said I used to have a set.

The old Wolfrace wheelnuts were similar, most people don't notice this as the conical washer often got stuck on its seat. When you remove the wheel all you see is a tubular nut. Engineering practices were still very much the order of the day back then - meaning things were done properly



Emma