19mm or 3/4 sae. Whichever fits better. Doesn’t matter if you loose the chrome cap, they’ll come of with enough leverage (or a 3/4 impact gun)
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2 PC lug nut issue
- Thread starter taylorhagstrom
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I had some on a Dodge that were a bear to remove. I tried sockets, then impact sockets - no luck. Finally I switched to a breaker bar with a 4' pipe and they came right off.
When the POS cap comes off it makes the real nut some odd size. I drive the smaller socket on with a hammer and use a breaker bar
Spent several hours replacing the chrome covered 2 piece lug nuts on an old Ford truck with regular lug nuts. 
Ended up cutting the chrome covers off with an air chisel and pounding the next size smaller metric impact socket onto the remaining odd sized lug then removing with a breaker bar.
Found out later that I could have purchased a 17.5 mm or 18.5 mm socket if the lugs were oversized, but the lugs on many of these had broken loose from the inner lug and just spin when trying to remove.
Ended up cutting the chrome covers off with an air chisel and pounding the next size smaller metric impact socket onto the remaining odd sized lug then removing with a breaker bar.
Found out later that I could have purchased a 17.5 mm or 18.5 mm socket if the lugs were oversized, but the lugs on many of these had broken loose from the inner lug and just spin when trying to remove.
Why in the he— would they make some BS like that?!?! I swear..auto engineers should have to work their first year..as a roadside,emergency mechanic. A few days in the rain,or 100 degree heat…would give them a new thought process..
Probabaly Saves a nickel per carWhy in the he— would they make some BS like that?!?! I swear..auto engineers should have to work their first year..as a roadside,emergency mechanic. A few days in the rain,or 100 degree heat…would give them a new thought process..
Mine on my old Ford Flex were beat and split, couple had been replaced with standard lug nuts by MOG Ford when I’d get it serviced.
Took it in to King’s Colonial Ford in Brunswick, got it home to check lugs to make sure none got lost or left loose. Surprise! Had a complete set of new, shiny, solid, chromed nuts all the way around. No notice, no charge. Must have got tired of being bitched at by owners, or maybe Ford directed replacement to head off a herd of lawsuits.
Took it in to King’s Colonial Ford in Brunswick, got it home to check lugs to make sure none got lost or left loose. Surprise! Had a complete set of new, shiny, solid, chromed nuts all the way around. No notice, no charge. Must have got tired of being bitched at by owners, or maybe Ford directed replacement to head off a herd of lawsuits.
