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| | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 | Hi So I am sorry to bother y'all with this question. Please try to answer.
Just obtained a car that uses Cragar wheels. Also found the Lug nuts aren't tapered. So how do you put the wheel on the car, without it moving all over the place.
Julian Carter
1970 Triumph GT6
1967 Triumph TR4A
1952 Chevy 3600
1948 MG-TC
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | there was a washer-like part that matched the bolt diameter [4 3/4,,,5 inches etc. ]they are oval shaped
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 362 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 362 | It's been a while since I've owned them, but if I remember my Cragars right, they use a long shank lugnut that goes through the hole in the wheel, like a Weld Draglite wheel does. I think the oval washers are only needed if you have a uni-lug pattern wheel (oval holes that fit more than one lug pattern). The oval washers butt up against a little nub on the wheel to keep everything from rotating and backing out. If the wheel only fits one lug pattern, it should have round holes, and would use round washers (I'm 99% sure the Draglites for my Mustang have round washers).
I typed all that assuming you're referring to the classic Cragar S/S style wheel.
A pic would help a lot. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 | The shank on the shouldered lug bolts centers the wheel over the studs. The flat washer on the lug does the job of holding the wheel to the drum. Uni-lug wheels fit two different lug patterns, and the shank of the lug nut simply centers on the inside or outside of the slot in the wheel. Running Uni-lug wheels is the height of stupidity. Get a wheel that fits.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 146 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 146 | If the wheels are "moving all over the place" you must have unilugs with the elongated mounting holes. These require the Cragar oval-shaped washers; you rotate them either direction depending on your lug pattern.
Don't try to run them without the long washers; I've seen many Cragars ruined by cheapskates trying to get away with just using round washers. It eats away the mounting holes.
I get my lug nuts and washers on Ebay from a seller called mrlugnut
Last edited by Jay Zee; 11/04/2016 8:53 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 | Thanks everyone. I understand better now. I never owned a "muscle" car before this Mustang is only a 6 cylinder.
Julian Carter
1970 Triumph GT6
1967 Triumph TR4A
1952 Chevy 3600
1948 MG-TC
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