Check your swollen nuts!

[LouG]

I have a whole set of + .5mm sockets for tire work

Fords, and others in the Northeast or where there is salt tend to have the lug nuts swell due to corrosion between the chrome cap and the actual lug nut.

Amazing. I've never seen them here. I've found an AF or whitworth size often does the trick

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[Neggytive]

Amazing. I've never seen them here. I've found an AF or whitworth size often does the trick

Steelman makes them , among others.

the sockets were dirt cheap.

I needed them for a car in FL that came out of NH, so I bought the most common sizes and had a second set shipped to the shop in NH

They have saved me so much time and trouble they are on the "best bang for the buck tool" list.

In the US, unless you are a specialty shop working on older English cars we never have Whitworth tools.

Fractional, Metric, maybe screwdrivers in J.I.S. if you work on Japanese bikes

 

[LouG]

Steelman makes them , among others.

the sockets were dirt cheap.

I needed them for a car in FL that came out of NH, so I bought the most common sizes and had a second set shipped to the shop in NH

They have saved me so much time and trouble they are on the "best bang for the buck tool" list.

In the US, unless you are a specialty shop working on older English cars we never have Whitworth tools.

Fractional, Metric, maybe screwdrivers in J.I.S. if you work on Japanese bikes

When I started in the trade everything was either AF or Whitworth. Most of our cars were English.
A huge PIA.

 

[Neggytive]

When I started in the trade everything was either AF or Whitworth. Most of our cars were English.
A huge PIA.

When I started, everything was fractional, then GM made cars with both fractional and metric, then there was the foreign invasion, now it is mostly metric except for Harley Davidson motorcycles and old cars, and we do a lot of old cars

 

[Sig Oris]

Recently replaced all 20 lug nuts on my 2024 Dark Horse. Also replaced all 20 on my 2016 GT. The DH had no issues but I had to use a 21.5mm socket and a hammer to work on the 2016 GT. Those nuts were swollen real bad!

It seems as though Ford still uses two piece lug nuts from the factory, which end up swelling at some point. Once they’re swollen, it’s a bit of a challenge to remove and replace them.

I replaced everything with one piece lug nuts on both cars. Now they’ll never be a problem.

I used Chrome Gorilla lug nuts for my 2024 Dark Horse.

I use Black Gorilla lug nuts fo my 2016 GT.

Don’t forget to check your nuts; it only takes a few minutes!

First mod on every Ford I buy.

these also take a beating in the snow and ice parts of the country

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