PSA- Please check your nuts today- PSA

[ADAduckhuntr]

If you drive an F150
Just had all 24 of mine replaced today.
This issue was news to me.

Go outside and look at your nuts today!!!

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a...g-ford-drivers-time-and-money-lawsuit-claims/

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1514556-junk-2-piece-lug-nuts.html

 

[ADAduckhuntr]

 

[BillsCamino]

Mine (on the F150) are 31 yrs old...still good.

 

[Les638]

Those have been around forever

 

[ADAduckhuntr]

I'm really happy with my new nuts.
They're real shiny!

 

[MrJim]

Mine (on the F150) are 31 yrs old...still good.

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Nice truck

 

[87KJH]

Bought a used Ford F150 a few years back and spent a couple of hours removing the junk 2 piece lug nuts and replacing with the proper 1 piece design.

 

[fattboyzz]

what a way to cut off a penny er 2.

I seen this crap years ago an just shook my head !

 

[harrycalahan]

Not Fords first time dealing with faulty lugs. Anyone remember the late 80’s-early 90’s when they had lugs backing off? They cured that with massive 1-1/16 hex lugs on the F series trucks. They over reacted with those but at least in the right direction.

 

[basstracker89]

If you let any shop work on your vehicle these days and for a while now, they way over torque them. I had a shop one time mess the wheel lugs, stretch the studs and mess up the wheels @400lbs of torque. I made them replace everything. That was on a Camry. I try my best not to let anyone else take wheels off or on my vehicles anymore. It's a liability thing for the shop, but if your out in the middle of nowhere you can't even change a tire. I had one one time rust on and I had to cut the stud to get the wheel off. Fortunately I was home that time. And yes I do tighten lugs down to specs, not 400lbs.