Tire shop over torqued lug nuts (1969 Dart). Should I redo it?

[RustyRatRod]

What wheels are we dealin with here? Aren't they small small bolt pattern with 7/16" lug nuts? ORIGINAL MOPAR small bolt pattern wheels? The lug holes measure .510". That's TEN THOUSANDTHS over 1/2". A 5/8" bit will be PLENTY BIG. MY GOD. What happens on the off chance that maybe you need the bigger 3/4" bit? You're out another 15 bucks? You have an OLD CAR. YOU WILL USE THE EXTRA TOOL SOMEWHERE. Holy **** by the time you figure this out, your grandchildren will be retirement age. Here is what a 3/4" 60 degree bit looks like in an early A body wheel. I got a 3/4" bit for a couple of reasons. First, I was refacing the bevels in some truck wheels that had 5/8" studs and secondly, I have several 1/2" drills including my drill press, so a 1/2 shank is no problem for me. The outside of the bevel measures roughly .625. Guess what? That's 5/8"! Imagine that! I knew what I was talkin about. I ought to. I've been doin this almost FIFTY FARKKIN YEARS. I didn't JUST fall off the danged turnip truck. See how much more material the drill bit has in relation to the outside of the bevel? A LOT! A 5/8" bit will be fine! Get what you want. By the time you make your mind up to get anything, the car will have returned to mother Earth!

 

[cb474]

Um, as I mentioned in this thread, I am not in the same place as the car. It is at a family member's house (hundreds of miles away). I was working on it over Thanksgiving, when I discovered the problem with the wheels. I will be back for a few days over Christmas, when I will have a chance to fix the problem.

So I need to make sure I have all the tools and parts I will need, because I will only have a few days to deal with it. I won't have time to discover I got the wrong thing and send it back. In fact, for whatever reason these drill bits take more than a week to be delivered. Also, I don't have money to just throw away on the wrong things, I wish I did.

While I appreciate your help and suggestions previously in the thread. I have no idea how much experience or knowledge you have. For me, you are just a random unknown person on the internet, who seemed knowledgeable, but really I have no idea.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Um, as I mentioned in this thread, I am not in the same place as the car. It is at a family member's house (hundreds of miles away). I was working on it over Thanksgiving, when I discovered the problem with the wheels. I will be back for a few days over Christmas, when I will have a chance to fix the problem.

So I need to make sure I have all the tools and parts I will need, because I will only have a few days to deal with it. I won't have time to discover I got the wrong thing and send it back. In fact, for whatever reason these drill bits take more than a week to be delivered. Also, I don't have money to just throw away on the wrong things, I wish I did.

While I appreciate your help and suggestions previously in the thread. I have no idea how much experience or knowledge you have. For me, you are just a random unknown person on the internet, who seemed knowledgeable, but really I have no idea.

Ok. Fair enough. Adios. Merry Christmas.

 

[340six]

Um, as I mentioned in this thread, I am not in the same place as the car. It is at a family member's house (hundreds of miles away). I was working on it over Thanksgiving, when I discovered the problem with the wheels. I will be back for a few days over Christmas, when I will have a chance to fix the problem.

So I need to make sure I have all the tools and parts I will need, because I will only have a few days to deal with it. I won't have time to discover I got the wrong thing and send it back. In fact, for whatever reason these drill bits take more than a week to be delivered. Also, I don't have money to just throw away on the wrong things, I wish I did.

While I appreciate your help and suggestions previously in the thread. I have no idea how much experience or knowledge you have. For me, you are just a random unknown person on the internet, who seemed knowledgeable, but really I have no idea.

He is not wanting you to reinvent the wheel. Just clean up the surfaces.

 

[cb474]

He is not wanting you to reinvent the wheel. Just clean up the surfaces.

I'm not reinventing the wheel. I took all of his advice about how to address this problem. It was great to learn that there is an easy, simple solution. I appreciate the advice and the input of others.

But he already made a mistake, at first linking to the wrong drill bit with the wrong countersink angle, which I noticed and pointed out. So why shouldn't I pose questions about other things, if they don't make sense to me? If I was just blindly accepting all advice, I would have already ordered the wrong drill bit and perhaps soon be messing up the angle in my lug seats.

Mistakes happen. Nobodies perfect. Double checking and posing questions shouldn't be a big deal.