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A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel includes a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs. The barbs include successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases. A head radially outwardly extends from a second end

A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel includes a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs. The barbs include successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases. A head radially outwardly extends from a second end of the body and is adapted to engage a land on the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture. A bore extends through the body and the head and is adapted to receive a wheel fastener.

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1. A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel, the sleeve comprising: a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs, the barbs having successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases;a head radially outwardly extending

1. A sleeve for a fastener aperture in a vehicle wheel, the sleeve comprising: a tubular body having a first end and a plurality of external conically shaped barbs, the barbs having successively increasing outer diameters as a distance from the first end increases;a head radially outwardly extending from a second end of the body and adapted to engage a land on the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture; anda bore extending through the body and the head being adapted to receive a wheel fastener, wherein the barbs include a material having a yield strength greater than a yield strength of the vehicle wheel, the body being shaped to mechanically deform a portion of the wheel and retain the deformed portion between adjacent barbs. 2. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein at least one of the barbs is adapted to engage a side wall of the wheel fastener aperture in an interference fit. 3. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein a portion of the bore within the head includes a conical shape. 4. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein the body includes five conically shaped external surfaces. 5. The sleeve of claim 4 wherein a maximum diameter end of one of the conical surfaces is adjacent to a minimum diameter end of another one of the conical surfaces. 6. The sleeve of claim 5 further including a radially extending back face interconnecting the one and the another one of the conical surfaces. 7. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein the head and the body are portions of a one-piece monolithic sleeve. 8. The sleeve of claim 7, wherein the sleeve includes a heat treated steel. 9. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein the head includes an external cylindrical surface adapted to be spaced apart from the wheel. 10. A wheel and sleeve assembly comprising: a metal vehicle wheel including a mounting flange having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive wheel mounting fasteners, wherein each aperture includes a conically shaped wall; anda sleeve positioned within each fastener aperture with an interference fit with the conically shaped wall, each sleeve including: a tubular body having a plurality of barbs, each barb having a different maximum diameter such that the maximum diameters of the barbs define a tapered profile of the body substantially matching a profile of the conically shaped wall anda flange radially outwardly extending from an end of the body, wherein the flange is adapted to engage a portion of the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture. 11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein at least one barb includes a conical surface terminating at a substantially radially extending back face. 12. The assembly of claim 10 wherein each of the barbs includes a conical surface. 13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein a maximum diameter end of one of the conical surfaces is adjacent to a minimum diameter end of another one of the conical surfaces. 14. The assembly of claim 13 further including a radially extending back face interconnecting the one and the another one of the conical surfaces. 15. The assembly of claim 10 wherein the sleeve includes a conical inner wall. 16. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the wheel includes a counterbore coaxially aligned with the conically shaped wall, the counterbore having a substantially planar land circumscribed by a cylindrical wall, the flange engaging the land. 17. The assembly of claim 10 wherein the conical wall of the wheel includes a non-ferrous material and the sleeve barbs include a ferrous material. 18. A wheel and sleeve assembly comprising: a metal vehicle wheel including a mounting flange having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive wheel mounting fasteners, wherein each aperture includes a conically shaped wall; anda sleeve positioned within each fastener aperture with an interference fit, each sleeve including: a tubular body having a plurality of barbs, each barb having a different maximum diameter such that the maximum diameters of the barbs define a tapered profile of the body substantially matching a profile of the conically shaped wall anda flange radially outwardly extending from an end of the body, wherein the flange is adapted to engage a portion of the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture, wherein the wheel includes a counterbore coaxially aligned with the conically shaped wall, the counterbore having a substantially planar land circumscribed by and directly adjoining a cylindrical wall, the flange engaging the land, wherein the flange includes an outer periphery spaced apart from the cylindrical wall. 19. A wheel and sleeve assembly comprising: a metal vehicle wheel including a mounting flange having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive wheel mounting fasteners, wherein each aperture includes a conically shaped wall; anda sleeve positioned within each fastener aperture with an interference fit, each sleeve including: a tubular body having a plurality of barbs, each barb having a different maximum diameter such that the maximum diameters of the barbs define a tapered profile of the body substantially matching a profile of the conically shaped wall anda flange radially outwardly extending from an end of the body, wherein the flange is adapted to engage a portion of the wheel that encompasses the fastener aperture, wherein the conical wall of the wheel includes a non-ferrous material and the sleeve barbs include a ferrous material, wherein the non-ferrous material deforms during insertion of the sleeve within the wheel aperture and becomes trapped by the barbs to restrict movement of the sleeve in a direction opposite the insertion direction.