hi all, quick question. im ordering some new lugnuts for my truck online and im not quite sure what sixe to get. i have a 78' f-150 4x4. are they 1/2 or 7/16??

 

I'm tempted to say 1/2 but don't quote me, I can't check my truck at the moment. You might try calling your local parts store to check, but I'm not sure how much they would appreciate you getting the part somewhere else.

 

Just tell them 1/2" nuts for a Ford.

 

Yeah what Mil1ion said. ;)

What I did was found some lugnuts at PepBoys back when they had the steel cabinet with drawers of stuff... "hard faced" 1/2-20 lugnuts with the arrow-head profile shape that's got the extra ridge around them so look-round when looking at them from the "end". Gold (zinc chromate?) finished.

That's pretty cool and all but the after-market steel-wheels still have too small of a surface for the lugnuts to mate to. So 1+1/2" diameter 60 degree countersink and a big two handed 1/2" drill to the rescue. ;)

Before screwing up a good wheel I took a bent-wheel and mounted it on my spare -eye beam/steering knukle/rotor/sans seal and grease- "tire balancer" and crooked-wheel-spinner and carefully balanced it and marked it as it spun.

Enlarged the holes with the countersink and mounting it again... it was exactly the same. :) Not just wishful thinking... it was the same so proceded to do all of them and since have done a couple new wheels too.

Take note of this... the center hole in the "middle" of a steel wheel is not really the "spinning center"! :/

Some imaginary spot in the "middle" of those five holes is, ok? :)

Soooo... -do not- let someone balance your after-market steel-wheels using a cone that finds the center of that "central" hole ok? :)

If they haven't got a setup to mount your wheel using the five lugnut holes... you are better off without balancing them at all. BTDT

Believe it?

Alvin in AZ
ps- believe I'm friggin crazy? :)

 

your crazy alright haha but thats some good advice. and all this time i thought the center of the wheel would be the "center of the wheel"

 

You can get Ford wheel nuts at your local tire shop.

I just got some really nice Chromed Steel ones for $1.00 each. .....and they aren't those cheap metal cover type like they put on GM's either

Heck you can even get new wheel studs there too.

 

LOL! :) Yeah! :)

Alvin in AZ