Lug nut size (01 superduty van)
 

Are the superduty vans 9/16 thread, or 14mm thread?

Stud measures .556, which is smaller than 9/16 and bigger than 14mm by a little either way. I'm thinking it's 9/16, but wanted to ask and make sure.

Standard thread.

My '03 E250 studs are 9/16 x18 according to a wheel stud thread gauge.


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HTH

Awesome. Thanks.

I've never seen those before - they're fantastic!

Me neither.


Gauge your stud ..... hmmmmmmmmmmm


>>>>>>>Action

I believe I stumbled across those originally on FleaBay, looking for bolt circle gauges: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Combination-...oAAOSwNsdXRKEe


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Topline-C402...JXT2jF&vxp=mtr I paid less than $15 each shipped some time ago, price still includes free shipping.

^^^ The wonderment of the internerd huh? :D

FWIW I needed the correct wheels for an '84 Pontiac Parisenne (aka Chevy Caprice) that were a bit difficult to find, at least in the needed bolt circle diameter. I'd seen the gauge used at a local used tire/wheel store, thought it would be handy to have one or two.

Not something I use too often but when needed there's nothing as accurate and valuable---well worth the cost.

Absolutely! Rather have and not need it, than the other way round. I have a bunch of pop's tools when he died and I have no idea what they are for. There may even be some from grand dad when he was the mechanic in a sawmill in the Northwest. (Hope that wasn't too off topic?) jim

We have ways to deal with miscreants Jim---beware! :D :D :D

What I like most about older tools is imagining how high-tech they probably seemed when first introduced. What we take for granted today---like ratchets and sockets---when first introduced by Snap On way back when were slow to catch on. I can't remember a time during my life those haven't been in widespread use by so many at every level of mechanical repair.

So yeah we're both in a full thread drift here...........bringin' it back on topic! :)

Haha! OK, speaking of LUG NUTS, I taught aircraft maintenance to non-US technicians for 29 years. One operation on the jet was a 1/4 inch recessed latch to open a panel. I sent the young studly for a ratchet, showed him how to open the panel for access and went for coffee. When I returned, he had finished the task and was back at the toolbox searching.

I asked what he was looking for, and he says, wait for it, "Mr. Jim, I need the other tool that rotates the other way to close the latch". I calmly explained that the engineers had designed a special tool that switches from open to closed, and showed him the "trick". He could not wait to show the other studlies his discovery.

And that, ladies and gentlemen is why we are a world power! jim