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The pegs are only holding the wheel in place relitive to the hub. The wheel is being held on with the wing nut. The pegs are only taking the torques being applied by the brakes and/or the engine. The wing nut is what is keeping the wheel on and in place when the vehicle as it is going around a corner. I personaly do not want the rim moving relative to the hub. Think about the huge forces on the rim and wing nut when you are pulling one G in a corner. I personally put the wing nuts on very tight. I do not trust safety wire to keep the wing nuts on. I, however, am fantic about using saftey wire. I hope everyone, especially those who are trusting their lives on safety wire are very careful about not nicking the wire. I also hope that you have put a nice smooth chamfers on the back of the holes you drilled in your wing nuts. Bent ears on wing nuts are a lot cheaper than a trip to the ER. I will get off my box now...
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