5th Wheel Lug Nuts Seized??
Had a blowout and changed the tire myself (well mostly a great young border patrolman did), but the nuts were seized on the lugs. We had to heave and pull all the way out to the last thread on the lu...
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No, the tire guy was not the one involved with the trailer tires. Both sides of the trailer have the same problem. The nuts went on fairly well, using anti seize compound, but not the old spin on with thumb and finger I used to have.
I took a nut off this morning to take around and look for new lug nuts. To my old "cateract surgeried" eyes, the threads in the lug nut looked rounded and destroyed, the threads on the studs looked sharp and undamaged. I'm thinking the guy who said install new lug nuts every 2 or 3 years may be on to something.
Not to change subject; I sure did see better close up (5" from the eyeballs) before surgery. Of course distance vision is much better. Piles of cheap glasses and magnifying glasses don't really do the trick.
I took a nut off this morning to take around and look for new lug nuts. To my old "cateract surgeried" eyes, the threads in the lug nut looked rounded and destroyed, the threads on the studs looked sharp and undamaged. I'm thinking the guy who said install new lug nuts every 2 or 3 years may be on to something.
Not to change subject; I sure did see better close up (5" from the eyeballs) before surgery. Of course distance vision is much better. Piles of cheap glasses and magnifying glasses don't really do the trick.
