Imagine to be stuck on the side of the road in a desperate attempt to change the tires, and the iron frame is on hand, just to discover that your loop nut is no longer your key. It looks like a joke, but it is a defect in the real design of millions of cars, the most prominent of which is Ford, and mechanics overcame.
Take a look at the reason why Lugnuts constitute pain for anyone who participates in managing wheels and tires from the creator Mike Milton, the owner of the Emporium Spory tire and wheel company by Stwdirect (Stwdirect) in Lincolentone, North Carolina. In the Tiktok clip that has been seen more than 140,000 times, Melton does not photograph words about unnecessary changes into an empty automatic part.
“This is the worst thing that the manufacturer can put on the sake of the loop,” said one of the Arab nuts that became one of its pieces, which became a curse of his presence. “There is only one repair for this. You must replace the bonds, and these things are not cheap. So, instead of getting this agency, you get after the sale.”
What is the “covered” hazer?
Many modern cars are used, especially some fords, a Two -piece Design: a solid steel nucleus covered with a thin exterior shell, often chrome or aluminum. On paper, from the logical: manufacturers get a bright end to less than solid stainless nuts. But in use in the real world, it is a recipe for disasters.
Why is it a problem?
Moisture, road salt, heating courses and regular cooling are sneaked into the small gap between sleeves and pulp. Over time, corrosion pushes this thin cover out, swelling, even by half to one millimeter. This may not seem much, but it is sufficient to convert perfectly 19 mm into a stubborn giant 20 mm. The result ends to be something like trying to disturb a square tie in a round hole, or forcing an unaccounted key to a lock; It only refuses to cooperate.
They were cut off mechanics – and even AAA drivers – because they were cut off because the car’s handback was unable to falsify these swollen hats. Worse, tire changes on the side of the road can become multiple engines, which require chisels, larger sockets, or even full withdrawals.
The problem reaches the national titles in 2017 The semester suit Ford was accused of using these two-piece wrong nuts on millions of vehicles, including F-150 models, fusion, flight, concentration, flexible, and F-350. Prosecutors claimed that nuts are enlarged, cost drivers, money and safety on the side of the road. Case Rejected In 2019, complaints continue in forums and car service meters.
I responded The mechanical forums are full of tales: One driver a day began in one of the agents, and they said that they could not revolve on tires because of the “swollen loop”, only to pay a store of $ 49 for the post -sales store Replacement groupAnd he still finds the merchant trying to reinstall the original copies. Some stores even carry large sized sockets (for example, 19.5 mm or larger) specifically for the two -piece loop nuts, because regular tools are no longer suitable.
in Car forums on the InternetMalcon shared stories about stores that refuse to work on vehicles equipped with non -standard nuts because securities sockets were unable to falsify swollen nuts, and they will not risk using the destroyed edges or edges.
So, what is reform?
Mechanics at the Marack Club Truck Club Forum Unanimously Get rid of two -piece hats and install pictorials from the pieces consisting of one piece or chromium instead. Trademarks such as Gorilla and McGard are often praised in the forums for being reliable and affordable – the number of people report complete alternative groups of less than $ 60, with the cost of agency’s employment much more. These solid nuts will not sleep in water, enlarge or strip your tools, and they are simple enough to exchange the wheel – their intention only to the specifications and storing them as a backup copy.
The bottom line is that if your journey contains these glossy, covered nuts, then the opportunities are good, as they wander in the bombs, waiting for you to be on the side of the road with an apartment. Switch it to the nuts consisting of one affordable piece, and avoid yourself the following collapse drama.
Motor1 I arrived in Milton over the phone. We will update this article when we hear again.