Fake nuts and left handed threads
I have an Itasca 34Y. It has stainless steel wheel liners. I took off the drivers side front liner but I could not loosen the passenger side fake nuts. I was wondering if maybe they had left handed th...
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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.
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.
