Where can I find a bolt pattern guide?
This bolt pattern guide is mainly focused towards car models / vehicles in Europe, but many cars are also applicable to the USA / Canada and other countries, but may have different model names and such in comparision to those in our table / chart. Notice regarding the wheel offset!
How to calculate force distribution of a bolt?
This page outlines the general use of the Bolt Pattern Force Distribution calculator. This calculator allows you to specify the geometry of a bolt pattern, apply forces and moments to the pattern, and then solve to calculate the resultant axial and shear forces on each individual bolt in the pattern.
What do the numbers in a bolt pattern mean?
The bolt pattern describes how many bolts or lug nuts that are used for fitting a wheel, and of course what the pitch circle diameter / PCD is (bolt circle diameter). For example, ”5/114,3″ or “5*114,3”, where number “5” describes the number of holes and “114,3” is the pitch circle diameter, easy huh?
How to specify the location of a bolt?
To simply the process of specifying bolt locations, several pattern geometries are made available to you: Specify the bolts along a rectangle. The rectangle is defined by a center point, a width, and a height. Specify bolts along a circle.
This bolt pattern guide is mainly focused towards car models / vehicles in Europe, but many cars are also applicable to the USA / Canada and other countries, but may have different model names and such in comparision to those in our table / chart. Notice regarding the wheel offset!
What is the meaning of the bolt pattern?
“Bolt pattern or bolt circle is the diameter of an imaginary circle formed by the centers of the wheel lugs.”.
How big is a bolt pattern on a wheel?
Bolt pattern or bolt circle is the diameter of an imaginary circle formed by the centers of the wheel lugs. Bolt patterns can be 4-, 5-, 6-, or 8-lug holes.
How big is a 4 lug bolt pattern?
Bolt pattern or bolt circle is the diameter of an imaginary circle formed by the centers of the wheel lugs. Bolt patterns can be 4-, 5-, 6-, or 8-lug holes. A bolt circle of 4×100 would indicate a 4-lug pattern on a circle with a diameter of 100mm.