Ford transit wheel nuts and spinning

Ford transit wheel nuts and spinning

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Fumar

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2 posts

50 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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I saw a question about the wheelnuts on transit vans and thought I would answer it.
I've no idea how old the question was but I thought I would join in order to help.
As with the guy who had trouble removing the nuts I had the same problem and it's just the light metal skin on the outside of the nuts that give them shine.
The skin on the nuts need removing so I punched and peeled it off with an old sharp screwdriver.
Once the outer skin has been taken off the sockets fit properly.
The outer skin is just spinning and doing nothing! the chrome skin is purely decoration and after a while it comes loose.
You are better off with black plastic nut caps, theirs no messing and I think they look better.
I tried to buy real chromed but solid nuts but they are not available.
It's no good finding out about these nuts on a wet, dark and freezing night trying to change a wheel!.
Regards fumar.

stuarthat

1,047 posts

217 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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Yep had the same but on a ford car those nuts are not fit for purpose so removed them and replaced with solid ones found them online .

Chris32345

2,082 posts

61 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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Fumar said:
I saw a question about the wheelnuts on transit vans and thought I would answer it.
I've no idea how old the question was but I thought I would join in order to help.
As with the guy who had trouble removing the nuts I had the same problem and it's just the light metal skin on the outside of the nuts that give them shine.
The skin on the nuts need removing so I punched and peeled it off with an old sharp screwdriver.
Once the outer skin has been taken off the sockets fit properly.
The outer skin is just spinning and doing nothing! the chrome skin is purely decoration and after a while it comes loose.
You are better off with black plastic nut caps, theirs no messing and I think they look better.
I tried to buy real chromed but solid nuts but they are not available.
It's no good finding out about these nuts on a wet, dark and freezing night trying to change a wheel!.
Regards fumar.
Get some normal one and have them chrome plated yourself?

Fastpedeller

3,848 posts

145 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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Never had a problem with them, but I don't let air wrench-wielding people near them! I wonder if they have been air-wrenched too often?

stuarthat

1,047 posts

217 months

shovelheadrob

1,564 posts

170 months

Tuesday 28th January 2020
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The problem is that water can seep between the steel nut & the thin stainless crimped on cover, this causes the nut to swell as corrosion forms. This pushes the thin cover outwards making it difficult to get the original sized socket/wheel brace on, using the wrong socket causes the cover to slip or spin, tyre fitters have been known to do this with a rattle gun.
Those ebay nuts look good, I wonder what they'll look like after a couple of tyre changes.....

stuarthat

1,047 posts

217 months

Thursday 30th January 2020
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Had the wheels of twice as had a flat tyre still good .