I discovered I had a flat tire, at home in my driveway. When I went to put on the spare I found that the 7/8ths lug nut wrench that came with the truck Did Not Fit the lug nuts. I attempted to buy a larger wrench but could not find one. I called a tow truck to get the wheel off - it took him 15 minutes to get the six nuts off, they kept getting stuck in the socket of his impact driver.
He told me the aluminum jacket on the nuts was notorious for swelling due to heat and/or freezing with water inside. Bad design, a built in problem for Ford customers.
I do forestry work in remote locations. Luckily this happened at home. If I had had a flat tire up on some mountainside 10 or 20 miles from the pavement in mid-winter we could have been looking at a survival situation.
I am going to replace all 24 of these faulty lug nuts with straight steel nuts, at some cost. I haven't checked into the warranty status yet.
I discovered I had a flat tire, at home in my driveway. When I went to put on the spare I found that the 7/8ths lug nut wrench that came with the truck Did Not Fit the lug nuts. I attempted to buy a larger wrench but could not find one. I called a tow truck to get the wheel off - it took him 15 minutes to get the six nuts off, they kept getting stuck in the socket of his impact driver.
He told me the aluminum jacket on the nuts was notorious for swelling due to heat and/or freezing with water inside. Bad design, a built in problem for Ford customers.
I do forestry work in remote locations. Luckily this happened at home. If I had had a flat tire up on some mountainside 10 or 20 miles from the pavement in mid-winter we could have been looking at a survival situation.
I am going to replace all 24 of these faulty lug nuts with straight steel nuts, at some cost. I haven't checked into the warranty status yet.
- James P., Sidney, BC, Canada