Trick to installing threads to lug nuts?
#35
I had trouble with my 76 Highboy Tow Truck...I usually use the washer/ bigger nut trick and a couple spare lug nuts (The usually get tweaked)...but it wasn't happening....I ended up having to take it to a press (One of the very few tools I haven't broken down to buy yet) 2nd cousins up the street have one...they were extremely tough to get in...but they are in and seated all the way...Worst case..I would call a couple machine shops or an auto shop and ask them about having them press them in for you...a lot of places probably won't even charge you.
#36
I was having a mother of a time getting my new studs pulled into my rotor/hub when I did mine. I ended up taking it up to a mechanic shop and they pulled them in with their 3/4 drive gun. Still took them a long time, and completely used up about four lug nuts. Four brand new lug nuts. No way I was getting that one done myself with a breaker bar. Then I over torqued one of my lug nuts on the wheel and pulled it halfway through the wheel. It's got seven other nuts holding it on tho.
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nevaplayedk9
1967 - 1972 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
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01-09-2015 05:38 PM