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I recently bought new tires for my 2018 F150 King Ranch. Went up a little to 275/60 R20 and they look great. (CONTINENTAL TERRAIN CONTACT A/T 275 /60 R20 115S SL BSW)
So, as always happens I'm 4 days and 130 miles into my new tires and I get a flat. Traveling from Syracuse to Rochester on the Thruway, but I make it to a text stop with about 15lbs of pressure still in the tire. Here's where the fun starts.
I bust out my jack kit and start to loosen my lug nuts before I jack up the truck, but the lug wrench is too small for the lug nuts (Turns out you need a 22mm). I couldn't believe it so I tried a different tire, and nope, not gonna work. I end up calling AAA, which is fine except when you're on the NYS Thruway they send out a NYS Thruway employee. By NYS Thruway rules they are not allowed to utilize a spare from under any truck that's more than a year old. WTH??
(The good news was that I had already gotten the spare out, and so we made believe that I had been keeping it in the bed of my truck.) But wait, there's more!
The service guys jack was too old, and small to get the truck off the ground far enough to get the spare on (NYS Taxes hard at work) so he used my jack.... which also couldn't get my truck far enough off the ground. I couldn't believe it. For the cost of these trucks, the idea that they would go cheap on gear like this is unreal. He ended up utilizing my jack for the truck body, and his jacck on the strut to get it up off the ground so the spare could slip on.
Moral of the story, pause and make sure that your lug wrench fits your lug nuts before you find out the hard way that it doesn't.
I'll let you know what the dealership does for me. (Just had the truck washed, hense the puddles.)
I already know my factory jack won't work on my leveled truck, so I don't even worry about it. Luckily my brother is a mechanic, so in an emergency I have access to a tow truck 24/7.
I recently bought new tires for my 2018 F150 King Ranch. Went up a little to 275/60 R20 and they look great. (CONTINENTAL TERRAIN CONTACT A/T 275 /60 R20 115S SL BSW)
So, as always happens I'm 4 days and 130 miles into my new tires and I get a flat. Traveling from Syracuse to Rochester on the Thruway, but I make it to a text stop with about 15lbs of pressure still in the tire. Here's where the fun starts.
I bust out my jack kit and start to loosen my lug nuts before I jack up the truck, but the lug wrench is too small for the lug nuts (Turns out you need a 22mm). I couldn't believe it so I tried a different tire, and nope, not gonna work. I end up calling AAA, which is fine except when you're on the NYS Thruway they send out a NYS Thruway employee. By NYS Thruway rules they are not allowed to utilize a spare from under any truck that's more than a year old. WTH??
(The good news was that I had already gotten the spare out, and so we made believe that I had been keeping it in the bed of my truck.) But wait, there's more!
The service guys jack was too old, and small to get the truck off the ground far enough to get the spare on (NYS Taxes hard at work) so he used my jack.... which also couldn't get my truck far enough off the ground. I couldn't believe it. For the cost of these trucks, the idea that they would go cheap on gear like this is unreal. He ended up utilizing my jack for the truck body, and his jacck on the strut to get it up off the ground so the spare could slip on.
Moral of the story, pause and make sure that your lug wrench fits your lug nuts before you find out the hard way that it doesn't.
I'll let you know what the dealership does for me. (Just had the truck washed, hense the puddles.)
You have "swollen" and/or deformed lugnut caps, most likely from their being pounded on by impact wrenches. Buy a set of Gorilla real lugnuts and don't worry about the crappy OEM fake lugnuts again.
So you're telling me that the OEM jack won't jack up a non-leveled, non-lifted truck with 275/60 R20's on it? I was going to buy new tires and go up a size, I have the OEM 275/55 R20's currently.
A lifted truck really has no impact on the OEM jack. It's the size of tires.
**EDIT** It is possible a lifted truck may have issues with the OEM jack reaching the frame for a front tire change. I forget the OEM jack lifts from the frame. I use my floor jack under the LCA and forgot for a moment.
Looks like you have OEM lug nuts. Seems premature for a 2018 to be swollen though. Depends on conditions and the number of times the nuts have been removed.
I wouldn't expect the dealership to do anything for you. They have done nothing wrong. They will however offer you the sale of new lugnuts (they will not give them away). It is a Ford issue, not a local dealership issue -it happens across the country. I'd venture go guess daily but I'm sure it's more like each week a dealership will receive complaints and ask for free Lug Nuts.
The OEM jack will lift my truck fine, on a level garage floor. I have not needed to use it on an uneven surface like the shoulder of a roadway. 275/65-18 (stock)
Your rear axle should be only 1/2" higher than mine -if even that much higher.
Here is a link to the lugnut I purchased for the 2016 I'm driving. You will require the same. I think McGuard is identified in that thread too but you may need to look for the McGuard number. I'd suggest scrolling towards the end after my post -I'm sure it has been discussed after my post. https://www.f150forum.com/f118/swoll...9/#post6703551
Keeping in alignment with "check the lug wrench size", if/when you purchase new lugnuts make sure you not only purchase the correct thread/pitch AND acorn bulge -confirm the hex size. That lug is offered in several hex sizes. Not all are the required 13/16" that the lug wrench will fit.
Last edited by 16IngotFX4; 04-19-2021 at 11:35 AM.
So you're telling me that the OEM jack won't jack up a non-leveled, non-lifted truck with 275/60 R20's on it? I was going to buy new tires and go up a size, I have the OEM 275/55 R20's currently.
In your garage or flat parking area that you have available to you, raise the jack as far as required to get the tire off the ground.
Measure the height of the jack at the height required for the tire to be off the ground.
Lower the vehicle, raise the jack again but add 3/4" to account for the taller tire size you'll be adding. If your jack has topped out then you're correct, it may not work.
It is possible the front could be a problem reaching the frame.
Note, a jack could raise enough to remove a flat tire but maybe not high enough to install an inflated tire.
Yikes, yeah I already changed my lug nuts to one piece. Definitely gonna check my jack tho. Even my floor jack requires a 4x4 block to get enough lift underneath my stock truck at home.
04-19-2021, 10:09 AM
Check your jack kit!
