Wheelnuts

[cortina316 0]

does anyone know what year ford changed there wheelnuts to metric, or what mk on each of cortina, capri, escort they changed?

it would help to know if your considering buying a set of wheels for one ford, off of another ford, that you may have have to shell out for new wheelnuts also.

i would find such info very helpful if any one can help.

cheers.

316.

:lol:

[markrobson1 0]

wheelnuts cant be that expensive can they? dont know really, never had to buy any, where do you buy wheel nuts? yes it would be handy to know.

[osker 0]

I think Speed Shack who advertise in Classic Ford do a full range of wheel nuts. :)

[BUDGIE 0]

Amongst a few others, I've had Capri's, Cortina's & Escorts (RWD/FWD) over the years.

Wheelnuts seem to be standard threaded stuff. Rule of thumb I use is if you put Capri wheels on (for example) use the Capri nuts.

Capri Laser nuts (with spacer washer attached) tend to fit any Ford alloy to any Ford hub, in my experience, unless anyone knows different?

Usually 'purchase' mine from scrappys. (strange what falls into my toolbox)

[andy lowe 0]

I remember reading once that the mk3 Cortina was Ford's first 'all metric' car. :)

[ruffday 0]

Any good tyre fitters can supply wheel nuts. Just make sure with alloys you check for flat washer or taper fitting before you buy them. The laser capri alloys use a nut with an attatched tapered washer the escort RS2000 alloys use a flatwasher which comes off.

Edited July 30, 2004 by ruffday

[cortina316 0]

thanks all for advice there.

wheelnuts arnt a huge amount of money admittedly, but its still a hassle if you have shelled out 20 notes or so and they dont fit .

ithink i will try some laser nuts with the tapered washer as there the shape i need.

[andy lowe 0]

what is a tapered washer? i've got alloys on my mk2 with imperial nuts so i presume that if i were to try and fit those alloys later on onto a metric stud i would need these tapered washers to remove any play???

 

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING" :) :D

[cortina316 0]

the cone shaped washer bit stops the main bulk of the wheel nut cutting into alloy when you tighten it. i think .

the washer bit is tapered (cone shape) , or flat depending on the wheel.

 

on a side note i tried a 1990 seirra wheelnut on my mk2, as it was the tapered-washer varaity in question, and it didnt fit hence raiseing the original question.

[bortaf 83]

MK1 escort,Mk1 capri,Mk1/2 cortina use non metric thread wheel studs all later fords use metric threaded wheel studs IE: Mk2 escort, Mk3/4/5 cortina Mk2/3 capri,sierra granada ect.

Mk1 escort RS alloys use a flat washer on the nuts(non metric), MK2 RS,Capri laser,cortina Ghia,Granada Ghia and sierra are all the same tapperd washer nut(metric).

So you can fit Mk1 escort RS alloys to your Mk2 cortina using the escort wheel nuts (flat washer) or any other NON metric threaded flat washer nut.

Not sure if any other ford used NON metric tapperd washer nuts (just cos i ain't seen em don't meen they don't exsist :) )

I would be very very carfull of using metric nuts on a non metric thread wheel stud (ie Mk2 cortina) they will come loose or strip the thread!

 

Back in the day ripspeed used to do a conversion washer for this very problem it was identical to the tapperd washer on the later metric nuts (Mk2 rs cortina Ghia) but came with out a nut attached so you simply put this in the wheel hole and reused your excisting whell nut, very handy if you can fine them any more.

Edited July 30, 2004 by bortaf

[bortaf 83]

the cone shaped washer bit stops the main bulk of the wheel nut cutting into alloy when you tighten it. i think .

the washer bit is tapered (cone shape) , or flat depending on the wheel.

 

on a side note i tried a 1990 seirra wheelnut on my mk2, as it was the tapered-washer varaity in question, and it didnt fit hence raiseing the original question.

The 1990 sierra wheel nut is the same as Cortina Ghia, capri laser ect i have about 50 of em floating about the place.

As a side note the Mk1 granada may have used tapperd washer nuts it's been a long time since i saw one but they "may" be the NON metric thread one you need? but not 100% on that Craig may well be the one for that question :D

personly i think it would be easyer to chang the stud to metric and then get second hand laser/ghia nuts.

Best off a granada cos then you get 4 spare ones too :)

Edited July 30, 2004 by bortaf

[sheffieldcortinacentre 530]

mk1 granada is the metric cone shaped one. the SD1 rover uses flat metric nuts for alloys.

i think size for metric is M12 std or alloy.

rear disc equipped sierra/ granadas have longer wheel studs aswell.

the mk1 escort was the last ford to use imperial thread wheel nuts.

[bortaf 83]

See knew you'd know that one Craig :)

oh well all sorted now thanks to 105E :)

http://buysellcortina.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=1031

P.S the only reason i kept saying NON metric was cos i forgot how to spell imperial :cheers:

Edited July 30, 2004 by bortaf

[cortina316 0]

WOW!

bortaf , you have a wealth of knowledge.

 

you know wats coming next :)

 

how do you change the studs (which stick out the hubs ?)

do you put to normal nuts on then reverse turn the first one to unsrew the stud.

is it just a long threaded stud?

is the end that goes in the hub also imperial?

or , am i going down the wrong path completely :cheers:

[1600e 0]

WOW!

bortaf , you have a wealth of knowledge.

 

you know wats coming next :)

 

how do you change the studs (which stick out the hubs ?)

do you put to normal nuts on then reverse turn the first one to unsrew the stud.

is it just a long threaded stud?

is the end that goes in the hub also imperial?

or , am i going down the wrong path completely :cheers:

If I remember correctly, the studs are pushed in from the back, they have splines machined into them to stop them spinning. :)