new lug nut help
#1
new lug nut help
Well I need new lug nuts because these chrome capped lug nuts are in some ruff shape. To start I had a bad mechanic do some work on the truck and he stripped the casing on some of my lug nuts a few years ago ( he also didn't do some things he said he did. Witch is why I call him a bad mechanic )Any way so I've been putting it off and every time I rotate my tires or do some work on the truck they get worse. So I've decided its time to replace them.
Any suggestions of brands or places I could get them would be great!!!!!
Thanks for the help
Any suggestions of brands or places I could get them would be great!!!!!
Thanks for the help
#2
I'm in a similar boat as you. I have after-market rims. First thing is , probably just like you (and several others), when I first got them and a few times since I've had to go in for an alignment (swapped tie rods and other suspension parts separately). Well, for mechanics, time really is money...so when you don't go to someone you trust, they are not going to take the time to torque each nut to spec...they will just use an impact gun and torque the living s*** out of it. On top of that, going back to my rims... On these rims, you can't use an impact socket to take them off. The clearance between the nut and hole it sits in is so tight that you have to use a regular, thin walled 13/16ths deep well socket. Well, on top of not wanting to torque my lug nuts correctly, they will once again go to impact the crap out of it, but they don't realize that the impact socket stops at the rim while the nut keeps getting driven forward and out of the socket...to the point that they start stripping the outside corners...Oh, and don't even get me started on how they won't even take the time to make sure the lug nuts are even seated correctly before they go to the gun. It's like they say to themselves..."Hmmm....I think I'm cross threading this thing....oh well, not my truck." So, now I refrain as much as godly possible NOT to let mechanics touch my weels...and if they do have to, I bring my own socket and watch them as they take it off. So if I can't get the right kind of tap and die set, I'm gonna have to find a way to replace several of my lugs as well...odd thing it's only one on each wheel, one exactly. Hmmm, now it makes me wonder too.....
#5
I'm in a similar boat as you. I have after-market rims. First thing is , probably just like you (and several others), when I first got them and a few times since I've had to go in for an alignment (swapped tie rods and other suspension parts separately). Well, for mechanics, time really is money...so when you don't go to someone you trust, they are not going to take the time to torque each nut to spec...they will just use an impact gun and torque the living s*** out of it. On top of that, going back to my rims... On these rims, you can't use an impact socket to take them off. The clearance between the nut and hole it sits in is so tight that you have to use a regular, thin walled 13/16ths deep well socket. Well, on top of not wanting to torque my lug nuts correctly, they will once again go to impact the crap out of it, but they don't realize that the impact socket stops at the rim while the nut keeps getting driven forward and out of the socket...to the point that they start stripping the outside corners...Oh, and don't even get me started on how they won't even take the time to make sure the lug nuts are even seated correctly before they go to the gun. It's like they say to themselves..."Hmmm....I think I'm cross threading this thing....oh well, not my truck." So, now I refrain as much as godly possible NOT to let mechanics touch my weels...and if they do have to, I bring my own socket and watch them as they take it off. So if I can't get the right kind of tap and die set, I'm gonna have to find a way to replace several of my lugs as well...odd thing it's only one on each wheel, one exactly. Hmmm, now it makes me wonder too.....
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#8
I don't see a need for longer lugs. There are plenty of 2" lugs available for some reason. The 1.4" lugs are fine, and don't stick out from the wheel.
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#10
Anyone looking for black Gorilla lugs, 1.52" long,, the part number is 66198BDX.
They come in 4, 16 & 20 packs.
Black Gorilla lugs, 4 pack
Black Gorilla lugs, 20 pack
They come in 4, 16 & 20 packs.
Black Gorilla lugs, 4 pack
Black Gorilla lugs, 20 pack