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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by freekyFX4
Buy some good quality lugnuts and this will never happen again. the Ford lugnuts are terrible.
what do you have in mind?
 
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JC150
what do you have in mind?
x2!! I want to know too!

I am willing to buy some for both my trucks... Thanks Freeky for mentioning that.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by JC150
torqued on way to much. stud are still in tack
someone was trying to be a funny guy or was the guy who did it just a moron?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:16 AM
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mine came with the locking lugnuts (1 per wheel) and somehow one of those got over torqued and i broke the key trying to get it off, ordered a new key and had it overnighted for like 30 bucks and broke it too. after that i took the torch to it and just replaced the stud and got rid of the locking nuts.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bigchief2472000
mine came with the locking lugnuts (1 per wheel) and somehow one of those got over torqued and i broke the key trying to get it off, ordered a new key and had it overnighted for like 30 bucks and broke it too. after that i took the torch to it and just replaced the stud and got rid of the locking nuts.
You do realize that they have a special socket to take those off (when the key is lost or broken as in this case)?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 06:46 AM
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the ford dealer i went to didnt mention anything about it. they told me that i would have to contact whoever makes those locks and get my specific key sent to me and blah blah so ill never deal with that again lol.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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You might want to consider changing your studs anyways. If they were torqued down that much, there is a very good chance that your studs have been stretched out and weakend. They aren't that expensive and it would really suck to loose a wheel.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by tlmustang92
You might want to consider changing your studs anyways. If they were torqued down that much, there is a very good chance that your studs have been stretched out and weakend. They aren't that expensive and it would really suck to loose a wheel.

I 10000000% agree here. Those studs that were torqued THAT much...they are shot and I wouldnt trust them on a Geo Metro, much less a 6000+ lb truck. Play it safe and get some new ones.
 
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