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You learn somthing new every day:eek: :D I stand corected:CRY: but I don't beleave these were intended to suport the weight of the car/truck

I just finished restoration on a 71 Chevy pick up. Beleave me the studs and nuts are the only thing holding the wheel to the truck/car. Its kind of like kitchen cabinets. Usualy there are only 4 #8...

John
I have to plead ignorance here. I have always thought that the lug nuts hold the wheel against the (drum/flangs) and the nuts center the wheel and the friction of the force of the tight nuts...