Fake nuts and left handed threads

I keep a piece of 3/8 plastic fuel hose about 10 inches long with my air gauge. The tubing will slip over the valve stem cap and hold the cap while you unscrew it. Check the inside dual and screw the cap back on. Just leave the cap inside the tubing.

I have a Freightliner chassis and my threads are not reversed on the fake nuts holding on the wheel liners, or the lug nuts either. Clockwise to tighten and counter to remove them. I only have two fake nuts per wheel liner. They aren't really fake, as they do screw onto the lug.

Forgive me, but I honestly thought this was going to be a thread about forum trolls and some of the odd topics that have been posted lately. Carry on. LOL!

Go to the truck stop and by yourself a lug nut cap puller tool for less than 20 bucks.

Dang, I thought I had big hands.

If you can not get to the stems to check the pressure you need to have a tire professional fix that for you.

There are two ways..

Many use Valve Stem extensions, These come in flexible and rigid types. The Rigid type is likely better, but....

Dually stems is a company that makes valve stem replacements, This requires a tire man remove the tire and replace the stem. They extend out through the simulators (Liners) and make it easy to check the pressure.

You can also use some varaities of tire pressure monitors that report the pressure.

The removable fake nuts(4) on my coach have little dimples on the side. The other fake nuts(4) have sort of a shoulder on them and they are not removable.
Once the fake nut covers are removed from the 4 nuts, then it takes very little torque to remove the UPPER nut that is ONLY used to hold the wheel cover in place.
Once the wheel cover is removed, then you have the 8 real lug nuts to deal with that are torqued to 475 ft lbs.
On some vehicles that I have seen that had reversed threads on one side, there is either an "L" or an "R" stamped in to the top of the stud.

On mine fake nut are just that fake. I only have three that hold on each liner. Very easy to see which ones. If metal on the cap use a nut driver or socket.

The fake nuts are usually push on covers over the real lug nuts.... sometimes it takes a fair amount of pulling to remove... there is actually a tool made to use for this job.......

Freightliner chassis have right handed threads on the passenger side and left hand threads on the driver's side.

Not sure why you would want to loosen any of the wheel nuts but maybe it is good thing they are torqued to 300-400 ft/lbs.

You should remove the stainless nut covers as well.