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Wheel Stud / Lug Nut: Description and Operation



Metric Wheel Nuts and Bolts Description

Metric wheel/nuts and bolts are identified in the following way:

* The wheel/nut has the word Metric stamped on the face.
* The letter M is stamped on the end of the wheel bolt.

The thread sizes of metric wheel/nuts and the bolts are indicated by the following example: M12 x 1.5.

* M = Metric
* 12 = Diameter in millimeters
* 1.5 = Millimeters gap per thread