The most primitive part on any given vehicle is the wheel. It's the one invention that changed the face of transportation as we know it and got things rolling to where we are today. So why do these ...

I sometimes find myself in the middle of oddball arguments. The most recent one was about wheel fasteners, specifically whether wheel bolts were better than wheel studs for affixing the wheel to the ...

Despite not offering really any kind of performance improvement, some modifications are still worth the time and money. One of these is installing wheel studs on cars that didn’t come with them from ...

What is a wheel spacer? It's just that: a mechanical component that spaces your wheel away from the original wheel mounting surface. They can be as simple as a cast or machined metal spacer that goes ...

For most people, replacing a tire means taking out the nuts holding down the current tire, removing the tire, mounting the new tire, and then re-tightening the lug nuts. These nuts are important for ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a '97 Honda CR-V that has a persistent problem: The front wheels keep falling off. First, the left front wheel fell off as I turned left at an intersection. Then the right one ...

GM has issued a Safety Recall for certain units of the 2023 Chevy Colorado and the 2023 GMC Canyon to address an issue with overtightened and potentially damaged front wheel hub bolts. Owners of ...