I went to a sole proprietor tire shop this week to have two tires removed from some old rims. The shopkeeper said he would not touch them and thinks "these old trucks" should not be on the road. He said that he's heard that the left rear wheels on Ford truck have a history of losing lug nuts and falling off. He said he's afraid of liability. Anyone else heard of the left rear lug nut problem?

 

Was the guy smoking crack or what?

I've never heard of an issue with the left rears or any others coming loose on a Ford truck, or any other truck/car. I say you need to find a better tire store.

"these old trucks should not be on the road"......that should have been your first red flag.

Bobby

 

Thanks! I had heard this guy is a p**ck, now I believe it. I certainly have found another tire store!

 

It sure makes you wonder how some people stay in business doesn't it?

Years ago MOPAR products had left handed thread lug nuts and studs on the left side of their vehicles. I'd always heard it was done to keep the lug nuts from coming loose while driving.....I don't know if thats the real reason or an old wives tale.

I put in some time at various tire stores and spent alot of time wrenching for a living as well and have never heard of Fords having a history of left rear lug nuts coming loose.

Bobby

 

Sounds like the Lug Nut is running the shop.

 

They weren't the only ones that did that. On the older semi-trucks and bigger straight trucks, they have left handed threads onthe left side of the vehicles. These can be identified by looking at the duals and if they have a large nut holding the outside wheel on, and a thimble (inner nut) holding the inner wheel on that will be the case with that truck. The inner nut is a 4 sided nut, that should have a L or R in the center of it, depending on which side of the truck it is on.

 

The guy probably wanted your truck for "HIS" business for advertisement and tried to scare you into selling it!

 

Mopar did that for years and the theory was they had so much torque....they would tear the rims off.....haha---oh this is a ford site sorry....LOL
Most likely he was misinformed and tell him I drive my 56 F500 and 53 F100 ON THE MODERN ROADS TODAY,and will as long as I can .
Bill

 

I have burned the right rear off a few cars!

 

uhmmm .... ok i could've made some bad jokes , but i think the joke is the fool running the tire shop ..............

 

My '56 has left hand threads on the driver's side, as did the '48 ****** CJ-2A I used to have.

 

Find a new tire shop. Run away as fast as you can. The guy is an idiot.

Later Man...

 

Ford had LH thread on the drivers side on the F-250, F350's, all thru the '70's at least....Rod

 

There could be loosening with wheels/nuts that use flat rather than tapered lug nuts, lugnuts that are greased where they contact the wheels, wheels where the lugnut seat is worn enough that the nut contacts the brake drum before tightening against the wheel, lugnuts that are not torqued properly. Except for the frst, they are maintainance issues that are not vehicle specific.
I'd suspect any shop that makes decisions based on what they've "heard" rather than fact. Also, how could he be liable for anything for REMOVING a tire from a rim, unless his tire machine blew up while he was doing it... ?(Try that one on him, bring in a late model tire and rim, go look at his tire machine and say "never mind, I've heard this type tire machines destroy wheels and tires!" then walk out. Say it loudly on a busy day in front of customers to be most effective.

 

We used to have a 1991 ford f350 with left handed threads on the left side. I cant remember if it was just on the rear axle or on both but it definiatly had left handed threads.