My Nuts Are Swollen

[BXFXJeep]

Luckily your swollen nuts were not a result of a TSA interaction.

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[Opus]

Meh, I wouldn't worry about it... what's the worst that could happen???

 

[jjvincent]

Meh, I wouldn't worry about it... what's the worst that could happen???

Toyota Tundras are the worst. You'd be amazed at the length of the studs on them. With these aftermarket wheels, they don't go on by many threads. Others are not as bad but still, these oddball wheels people get, are at times so thich in the center section, there's not much thread engagement. You have to be super careful installing them and when you torque them, you are waiting for it to strip.

 

[five9dak]

Good to see jeep still hasn't learned from their mistakes 25 years ago.

 

[blnewt]

Good to see jeep still hasn't learned from their mistakes 25 years ago.

At least we got big studs now Just got to get a better sack of nuts

 

[Rogues Gambit]

Might be time to see a Dr

 

[Terpsmandan]

My shop loves to use the gun without a torque stick and where last time I loosened them with my new DCF900 (1450 ft lbs breakaway torque) and properly torqued them, this time after changing a tire, the lugs were getting stuck in the same socket.

 

[Shibadog]

Check your socket. My nuts have set out in the weather for 4 years without issue. Put a nut in your pocket and shop for a new high end socket, check the fit. Too tight, too loose pass. I had a cheap chinese socket that would rotate just a little on my nuts and bind.

This. Some of those wonderful products from the worker’s paradise are a touch substandard?. Quality costs up front-cheap costs long term. Thus far, knock wood, I’ve never encountered issues like you’ve reported, BUT I do use quality tools.

 

[roaniecowpony]

Toyota Tundras are the worst. You'd be amazed at the length of the studs on them. With these aftermarket wheels, they don't go on by many threads. Others are not as bad but still, these oddball wheels people get, are at times so thich in the center section, there's not much thread engagement. You have to be super careful installing them and when you torque them, you are waiting for it to strip.

That wheel still had the rotor attached. That means the studs/nuts held. It had to separate the unitized wheel hub bearing or detach the hub from the knuckle.

 

[blnewt]

My shop loves to use the gun without a torque stick and where last time I loosened them with my new DCF900 (1450 ft lbs breakaway torque) and properly torqued them, this time after changing a tire, the lugs were getting stuck in the same socket.

That's one of the reasons I only let shops mount & balance the tire on the wheel, I always remove them, take them to the shop in a pickup, let them R&R, then take them home to put them on my vehicle(s). Too many times I've had an impact that went rogue, either over/under torquing, socket banging up the wheel bores, etc. Just much better for only having myself to blame, and I know how to handle my own nuts lol.

 

[jjvincent]

That wheel still had the rotor attached. That means the studs/nuts held. It had to separate the unitized wheel hub bearing or detach the hub from the knuckle.

I think it's a loose wheel. When that happens, it shears the studs off. If the bearing failed (which that truck has a bolt in bearing) then it would have ripped the caliper right off too and pulled the axle out.

 

[zw470]

My shop loves to use the gun without a torque stick and where last time I loosened them with my new DCF900 (1450 ft lbs breakaway torque) and properly torqued them, this time after changing a tire, the lugs were getting stuck in the same socket.

Unrelated, but are you still using the TeraFlex adjustable spare tire mount?

 

[Terpsmandan]

Unrelated, but are you still using the TeraFlex adjustable spare tire mount?

Yes and I added the replacement hinge after I noticed a bit of deflection in the tailgate after a day of wheeling. Should have gotten them both at the same time.

 

[zw470]

Yes and I added the replacement hinge after I noticed a bit of deflection in the tailgate after a day of wheeling. Should have gotten them both at the same time.

Which hole do you have your studs in?

 

[Terpsmandan]

Which hole do you have your studs in?

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