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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Most of my trailers are 'stud centric', including the one (I think)
that uses Morris Minor hubs and wheels and so no real interference fit
between the rim and hub.


Think that idea went out a long time ago except perhaps for very slow
vehicles. Or maybe just with alloy wheels. It is easier to machine a
concentric hole in the wheel to locate it accurately than rely on the
studs.

What do current steel wheels use?


As far as I remember, all the cars (*) I've owned have had bolts rather than
studs/nuts, and have hung the wheel from a central boss about which it can
easily be rotated until the holes in the wheel line up with the holes in the
hub.

(*) Renault 5, Mark 1 and Mark 2; VW Golf Mark 2 and Mark 3, Peugeot 306 and
308