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    • OK , thank you . I’ll give it a go . 
    • The question is, are the standard nuts tapered or radius? I admit I have some LR studs to fit, but never got round to it, and I intend to run steel wheels with them so would like to know the outcome. The original open 3/8 nuts definitely look radius/round to me, and not conical tapered. Assuming your M12 nut is already a radius type, it might be worth putting some engineer's blue on the seat or nut and seeing exactly what the contact pattern is? If it's engaging most of the seat and still allows the wheel to centre properly, I wouldn't worry that much. If not, I guess you need to look into enlarging the seat on the wheel.
    • As I understand it the wheel security to take the drive/rotational forces are the clamping force to the hub/drum. So as long as the wheel nuts sit in the taper and tightens on the wheel that should be ok.  you don’t want the taper so it goes through the wheel hole and bottoms out on the hub before tightening the wheel up.     
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