Tight nuts
I took my Dodge 3500 to the local Dodge dealer for a tire rotation today. They said that they couldn't get the lug nuts loose on the rear duallies. They tried soaking them with penetrating oil but the...
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Vulcaneer wrote:
I think the problem might be that the rims are aluminum. And the nuts are steel. As are the studs. The problem is not the nut being too tight on the stud. But the hole in the aluminum rim galvanizing (as said above, Galvanic action... is kinda like electrolisis)
to the OD of the nut.
It does take heat to break the nut loose from the lug holes in the rim. But really, all they need to do is apply a small (as in just warm) the area of the rim around the lug nut. The heat opens up the hole enough so an impact wrench can loosen the lug nut. A good shop should know that. A bad shop would apply way too much heat, and screw things up even worse. But the shop you took it to should know that. So find a good shop.
You're probably right. I do have aluminum wheels. My 2006 Ridgeline came from the factory with chrome plated caps on the valve stems. They froze on and the dealer had to replace all the valve stems and TPM sensors. An expensive fix because of some 10 cent valve stem caps. The new valve stems came with caps that were silver colored plastic.
