If you’re like everyone else, you’ve tightened the lug nuts on your car without using a torque wrench. You’re an “all the muscle you can put into it” kind of guy, and now you’re staring at a broken ...

I sometimes find myself in the middle of oddball arguments. The most recent one was about wheel fasteners, specifically whether wheel bolts were better than wheel studs for affixing the wheel to the ...

Tire Service Equipment Manufacturing Co. says its 1-PPK Pak Press, a portable wheel stud remover and installer, lets users remove and install studs without removing the hub. It reduces work time and ...

Installing different wheels or wheel spacers will sometimes reduce the number of threads inside the lug nuts, which is referred to as the lug nuts’ thread engagement. When we installed a three-piece ...

Planning for future go-fast parts we also had to think about braking. You really can't go faster if you can't stop faster too. So we looked at one of the best brakes on the market, AP Racing ...

Attaching wheels to a truck hub is serious business. Yet it's not uncommon to see some big bruiser of a mechanic, one foot against the bottom of the tire, whaling away with a 1-inch-drive impact gun ...

In order to support something as heavy and fast-moving as an automobile, car wheels — from the best to the worst brands — need to be sturdy and secure. An essential element to achieve this are the lug ...

Most street cars come from the factory with either wheel studs or wheel bolts. (There are also center-lock wheels, but those are usually reserved for top-tier race cars and high-end performance street ...