Originally Posted by
BibaResto
Okay, I'm sort of wrong. While I've seen metric bolts, generally with a much smaller shaft than the threads, but never a 11mm shaft with 12mm threads. I happened to have a handy 12mm x 1.50 bolt and just to prove I was right I threaded it in the Mercedes lug nut bolt hole and it went in just fine. Why would 'they' go to the trouble of using a 11mm shaft? All I can think of is if 'they' wanted a specific stretch when torquing the bolts to keep a constant 'pull' on them.
blasco 403, wherever did you find a plasti-dipped place that has a tank large enough for the XF wheels? Do they end up looking like powder coated ones?
I sure wished I'd get a notice when folks leave messages on my thread.
Have you considered that you may not have the correct notification option ticked?
You can be instantly, daily or weekly notified if someone answers your post, I suspect you have never notify ticked.
You never measure a thread diameter over the unthreaded area on a bolt, many bolts are smaller in that area. The strongest threads are rolled as that gives the strongest thread. Rolled thread bolts have the area you measured the same diameter as the diameter that is needed to roll the thread, some material is added to the blank diameter, this material is displaced from the root diameter area. Cut threads are weaker and the area past the thread is smaller than the thread root diameter to allow for the tool runout.
The plasti dip is sprayed on from a can.