What is the difference between lug nuts and lug bolts?

Question

Any links to diagrams would be appreciated :)

Answer 1

Nuts go onto a threaded stud that sticks through the wheel.  Lug bolts thread into a threaded hole in the hub/axle/rotor to hold the wheel on.  

Answer 2

nothing but 2 points baby!

Answer 3

nuts are like rings

and bolts are like screws

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Answer 4

These are the things used to attach wheels to cars. The lug bolts stick out and are threaded. The nuts are the loose parts that are screwed onto the lug bolts.

Answer 5

lug nuts are the hexagonal metal piece that has a threaded hole in it and a lug bold is a threaded metal shaft with a hexagonal top

Answer 6

well a nut is a nut and a blot is a bolt.  So a lug nut would fit onto a lug bolt...

Answer 7

Nuts are female.

Bolts are male.

Answer 8

lug nuts are used when a bolt sticks through the wheel from the car.

(Think of it as a mechanical female device.) Usually found on American and Japanese designed cars.

Lug bolts are a mechanical male device and go through the wheel and into the car.

Usually found on European designed cars

Hope this helps

Answer 9

they are male and female

the lug  bolt is a male  and  a lug nuts is female