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Kinja'd!!! "cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
04/27/2015 at 19:38 • Filed to: None

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What size lug nuts are on my 1969 Chrysler? 3/4? I need to buy a socket to get them off and I can’t figure out what size they are


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Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 19:40

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My Escape had 3/4.

It also would be helpful to have measurements.


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 19:50

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Get a 3/4 - 13/16 flip impact socket.


Kinja'd!!! Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 19:52

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My 62 fury was 3/4


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 19:54

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I’m 99.9% sure your car uses 3/4” acorn lug nuts.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 20:04

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My ‘73 has 13/16”, but I know they’re not stock. Stock might be the same size, or might be 3/4” like the rest of my vehicles.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 20:29

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Can you get one of these, or are the lugs too tight to use it?

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Kinja'd!!! wkiernan > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/27/2015 at 20:42

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I don’t know if they were still doing it in ‘69 but I know for a fact that, insane as it may sound, early ‘60s Chryslers has reverse thread lug nuts on one side, so if you turn to the left as the old rhyme* advises, you can heave and strain and twist but at best you’ll break the lug nut right off, as I did on my ‘62 Dart back in ‘75.

*”Lefty loosey, righty tighty”


Kinja'd!!! You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/28/2015 at 08:59

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There is a good chance they are 3/4”. Pull up to your local parts store and tell them you need to check the socket size before you pay for it. They will probably be OK with that.