[RWebb]

- Why did some manf.s get rid of wheels studs with lug nuts on them?

That made it easy to hang the wheels & then tighten them (something that assumes greater importance at night way way back in the boonies)...

I had to wrestle with doing this on the front of my Vanagon yesterday - for some especially odd reason VWAG did use studs & nuts on the rear...

Is there any engineering reason for this?