For any of you sick of spinning the chrome caps off your wheel bolts, I found an alternative!! If you're parts store carries Dorman products ((which very many do)), ask for part number 610-451. It's a replacement wheel bolt with a 14mm head, and they're one piece. No stamped on cap to spin off when your local tire store hits them too hard with an impact wrench.(After you begged them to do it by hand, lol),,,,BD

Only works on aluminum wheeled models, as far as I know....?

 

nice but i think the 14mm head is alittle small for lug bolts. lug nuts r usually either 3/4 or 13/16.



Type: Serrated Stud
Thread: M12-1.5
Hex Size: 14mm
Thread Length: 53.22mm
Seat Angle: 60 deg.
Head Code:
Brand: Dorman - AutoGrade

 

If the 14 mm head will hold up to the 85 lb/ft of torque needed, it shouldn't make any difference. The smaller head may look a little off though.

 

In that deep of a pocket, it's really not all that noticable. Are you saying you'd rather be on the side of the road with a flat you can't change, than have a small headed lug bolt? Besides, there was a mazda that used them, although I'm not sure which. I got a few used originals from a Mazda only local shop, and they're the same. The only thing missing is a plastic collar that held a cover on.


I had a head spin off on a back wheel lug a few months ago. Let me tell you I would take a small head lug over drilling another one of those out. It took forever!

 

And a news flash. Under the chrome cap, the head is the same size as this replacement. The only difference is that it's round with splines, instead of hex shaped. I would rather put 85 pounds on a hex head myself.

 

i ll have 8 of those left over b4 my parts car goes to the crusher

 

I fully understand where you're coming from. I've had one head spin on a parts car, never did get the wheel off.

 

Hey, if this happens, will a large vise grip and a hammer work? I have one that started to come off after the last inspection and I wacked it back on but I know it's going to happen again at some point. Just curious what others have done to get past this problem.

 

When I've had a cap spin on a lug nut, I usually just beat my socket on with a nice dead blow hammer, then run the nut off. Then pray that I can get the socket off the nut. I dont imagine it would be any different with a lug bolt, but everythings different. And it sure beats trying to drill it.