<VV> machine that would install all the bolts all at once

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/3/2010 10:42:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
Chaz at ProperProper.com writes:

Similar  to putting wheels on NASCAR and Indy cars  ?

Charlie



Yes and No, Charlie - No racing body uses a tool that fastens more  than 
one lug nut at once. Almost all real racing cars, besides NASCAR, uses  
single-nut retaining methods, with pins to locate the wheel. IRL, F1, most  other 
formula cars, too. Some systems have a type of lock that snaps out to  
retain that wheel nut. Even so, wheels do come off, even in mega-bucks Formula 1  
racing. NASCAR uses five nuts per wheel, with special studs in the hub that 
 have the threads removed for the first inch or so. New lug nuts are glued 
to the  replacement wheel in the proper position. When the cars pit, the air 
gun  guy removes all the existing lug nuts one at a time - but very quickly 
- and the  old wheel is removed.  When the tire guy pushes on the new 
wheel/tire,  the lug nuts pop free of the wheel and hang on the unthreaded tip of 
the stud.  The air-gun guy zips each lug nut down tight, one at a time, and 
goes to  the next tire/wheel.  It is impressive, like watching a ballet - 
or  maybe more like a line dance! <grin>
 
Seth Emerson