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"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 01/28/2019 at 21:45 • Filed to: Jaguar, Jaguar XJ, X351, Lug nut, Wheels

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Symptom: Loose lug nut.

Scared Level: 8

Actual Diagnosis: Loose decorative lug nut cover that looks like the nut itself

Time wasted: 1 hr

DipodomysDeserti > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/28/2019 at 21:52

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Are they the same as those shitty capped lug nuts that Chrysler uses?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/28/2019 at 21:53

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TIL: X351 jacks are less robust than the one that came with  my X308.

ranwhenparked > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/28/2019 at 21:54

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That happened to a friend of mine in the ‘80s, rental car got a flat and he spent like an hour on the side of the road trying to get the nuts off, when someone pulled up and pointed out they were hubcaps with faux nuts. Forget what car it was, he did ge t charged for the damage to the wheel cover though.

GLiddy > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/28/2019 at 22:03

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This happened to me when I got my 94 S10 with the rally wheels. The hubcap was secured with little plastic nut covers. They were the same size as the lug nuts, so when I put the lug wrench on, it pretty much fell right off.

I learned after that to simply hand tighten (and loosen) the plastic caps as they had a detent nub that seemed to lock them against the cap.   I’ll try to remember to tap the wheel to see what it’s made of if I have a rental in the future.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > DipodomysDeserti 01/28/2019 at 23:39

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No idea...but they’re made to resemble the lug nut itself, and are pressed onto the nut.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Honeybunchesofgoats 01/28/2019 at 23:40

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Now that’s not surprising at all...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Honeybunchesofgoats 01/29/2019 at 00:03

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How many of them do you think ever actually get used? Doesn’t really make sense to spend the time on them if they only ever  need used twice.

Svend > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/29/2019 at 02:13

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If you think that’s bad. I know a lass who got a flat tyre and couldn’t for the life of her get the wheel trim off to undo the wheel nuts. Mind you, as she was telling me this. I remembered her car and said, but your car has alloy wheels, she said, yes but she still couldn’t get the trim off to change the wheel.

I spent ages explaining to her the difference between alloy wheels and steel wheels with wheel trims on and that alloy wheels don’t have trims to remove. This was a person in her late 30s with two kids and had been driving for years.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Svend 01/29/2019 at 12:43

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To be honest those covers aren’t the easiest to remove (without breaking or permanently bending them) , but definitely easier than the lug nuts themselves.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 02/04/2019 at 14:29

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When an X308 has a problem you call a tow truck, amirite?