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wopachop
Explorer
Jul 01, 2019

Spinning lug nut.....how can this be possible?

Here is a weird one. Went camping and got a flat tire 5 miles from the destination. Dirt shoulder and scary place to try and change a tire. Start at it. One lug nut is just spinning. Make the deci...
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Nv_Guy
Explorer III
Jul 01, 2019
Same thing happened to me. The sheet metal cover was spinning. I was lucky, this happened to be home & I have a large selection of sockets (metric/ SAE/ 6-12 point) I managed to drive a socket (took a couple of trys) over the whole mess that allowed me to get the lug loose. Now, getting the lug nut out of the socket was another story. And even after all that, it still looked pretty good.
I replaced all the lugs on my 5th wheel with solid one piece lug nuts after that experience.

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