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RE: five point nuts
P.S. the "early" wheels with the Penta nut sockets are probably the lower GVWR parts without the centering hole. As long as you aren't loading up tons of armor they will be fine. Dave also sell the necessary o-rings you need.
Cheers,
Clarke
RE: five point nuts
Aboonsky,
the penta-nuts were a "brilliant" invention to keep the troops from disassembling the two-piece wheels when there are air-inside them which could cause injury as they are under considerable pressure. If you want my recommendation, I'd get rid of the penta-nuts and...
Well Alpha's are only a single year of production - 2006, last year they made the H1. The Alpha had two-piece aluminum wheels, in a different color than the earlier 2-piece aluminum wheels which came out in 2001. Prior to 2001, your options were 17" one-piece aluminum and 16.5" two-piece steel...
Actually that's not the case. They are the same as the (early or late) 12-bolt wheels sold - depending on whether there is the centering hole (indicating the uprated carrying capacity), but the Alpha is a two-piece 17" aluminum wheel, not a 16.5" two-piece steel wheel.
The wheel-half studs and...
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