More lugnut Gore from the parking garage

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 01/12/2018 at 13:55 • Filed to: None

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I thought the open top nuts were locks at first. They are randomly spread over all 4 wheels

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > CalzoneGolem 01/12/2018 at 14:29

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That’s what happens when you get the ol’ swollen nuts and the chrome caps need to be pulled off so you can get the lugnuts on or off the car.

Roadster Man > CalzoneGolem 01/12/2018 at 14:54

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They are lockers, he’s just being SUPER SECURE.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 01/12/2018 at 15:33

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I had no idea this swollen nuts thing was a thing till it happened to my friends Fiesta.

Meatcoma > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 01/12/2018 at 15:40

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Yup. ^

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > CalzoneGolem 01/12/2018 at 15:51

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That is ghetto. Aren’t the proper lug nuts covered to prevent water intrusion?

CalzoneGolem > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/12/2018 at 15:52

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Yeah, they have a stupid chrome cover that swells up and/or gets ripped off.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > cmill189 - sans Volvo 01/12/2018 at 16:29

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Yeah I got that line at a tire place once, many years ago and thought they were BSing me, until I went to pull a wheel off and the socket would only fit a couple of the lugs. But I ended up peeling the chrome cap off and all was well. I’ve seen it a bunch of times since then on cars we work on and sometimes you have to hammer a socket on to get the lugnuts off. Good times.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/12/2018 at 16:31

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A lot of them have chrome caps that are slid over the lug nut, but it’s tough to tell that they are two piece until it’s giving you problems. The ones I had issue with first were OEM chrysler lugnuts.

MM54 > CalzoneGolem 01/12/2018 at 16:40

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Well... at least they’re all there?

cmill189 - sans Volvo > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 01/12/2018 at 17:16

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A perfect solution looking for a problem.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > CalzoneGolem 01/12/2018 at 21:52

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Those chrome covers on those lugs fall off all the time while I’m doing tire rotations on Encores. It’s like they’re just pressed on very gently and then fall off any time you hit them with an impact.

CalzoneGolem > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/14/2018 at 09:30

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Yeah. They’ve been a bad idea since the beginning.

CalzoneGolem > MM54 01/14/2018 at 09:34

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There is that.