Brandon L Thompson

I have a 2011 f150. Just had my tires rotated and the service tech told me that I have 3 lugs nuts with chrome cover cracking on them. He said that this is caused by the lug nuts getting hot and the chrome swelling. Has anybody else had this problem.

brianw0048

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I have 3 or 4 on my '14 that were like that. I took a dremel and cut off the chrome cap.

I thought it was from the dealer using air tools to put the lugs back on, but of course they won't admit that's the issue.

Brandon L Thompson

I was thinking the same thing about the air tools. Like you said they are not gonna admit it. An now I'm having another issue. The Tire Pressure Sensor Fault just came on.

berty

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Jack-Daniel

corrosion causing cap to split from my 2011


There are other threads on this problem.
corrosion under the 'cap' then the socket won't fit> #1 issue
'tech' not using the proper deep socket,twisting the crap out of the 'cap'

techrep

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That looks like somebody used the improper socket to try and remove it..

berty

oh yikes, picture didn't load the first time I read through but yeah like stated above looks like they didn't seat the socket all the way back on the nut

93Cobra#2771

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The lugs suck, pure and simple.

farmalldxe

My 2011 has this happening. One of the caps is loose, would make one think the nut is coming off.

humblerb

These are all related contributors to the issue.
The lugs are cheap.
When you turn them (doesn't matter if air wrench or manual), the thin outer cap will deform.
Next time, the fit will be tighter and the cap will deform more.
Eventually, the cap will deform to where the lug wrench won't fit, so the tire jockey just moves up a size on the socket.
Then the cap deforms even more.
Eventually the cap breaks and falls off.
Then you go back to a smaller socket on the bare nut.