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Originally Posted by 4X4
I'm not an engineer, but I assume that when an auto manufacturer decides to use five bolts for a car, six bolts for a half ton, and 8 bolts for a one ton, that it has something to do with more than just securing the wheel to the hub. Probably more to do with shear strength. Like if you slam on the brakes, and the wheel locks up, the amount of weight pushing down on that wheel turns into force against the studs (bolts) on your hub, and the engineer thinks that it takes five of them to keep them all from shearing off and your wheel detaching. Probably just a matter of time before sh*t goes bad. But that's more of just a random thought than actual knowledge.
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dumb question deserves a dumb answer i guess.. haha, i should have known. I won't be able to get it repaired until the 16th which sucks so I guess for now i may have to borrow my parents car to get to work.