Sorry. It's a 94 F-250...........I think it's 140............ruined the new
wheels. Second time. BTW........It appears that the new lug nuts (the chrome
ones) bottomed out and didn't seat the wheels. Gotta change the studs now
(if I can figure out how to take of the brake stuff). All of them are
wasped. The first time the wheels were ruined was becasue the tire guy
didn't use the long center cap for the Dan rear-end. Now it looks like he
should have checked the nuts, too.

Damn, I'm lucky pulling that trailer. BTW, I almost had to kill the tire guy
to replace the old rims he ruined. This time, I put them on myself, and
should have checked them. I'm going to eat the cost of these........

Anybody think I should just forget about these wheels and get some steel
ones.............It's been a nightmare.

MM^^

Mountain Mike^^ wrote:

I just got back from testing my mirrors and I heard the weirdest
noise from the back.   Crawled home..... One stud had snapped
off on the left rear, and two on the right rear.

I just got pulled a 7K lb trailer 100 miles.   The back wheels are
American Racing AL, new, and the nuts were torqued to 140lbs.

I had adjusted up the back brakes previously when I put new
brakes on the front..........    Any ideas?
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Need a bit more info. What vehicle, what year? Lugs for 97-99
F150 should be torqued to 100 ft lbs. 00 up including the new
models should be torqued to 150. F250 are I believe 150-165 ft lbs.
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Problem could be nuts or studs.   Nuts may need more surface
to avoid compressing aluminum.   Studs may be 100-pounders.
Ford had a lug nut recall in 1998.  Details are below.   HTH.

Rodan.

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NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 98V095000
1998 FORD F250 WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS
Recall Date: 05/13/1998
Potential Units Affected: 1520000

Summary:
MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS.
LUG NUTS ON THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT CREATE SUFFICIENT
CLAMP LOAD, ALLOWING WHEEL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO
THE HUB/ROTOR MOUNTING SURFACE.

Consequence:
THIS CAN RESULT IN LOOSENING OF LUG NUTS, STUD FATIGUE
FAILURE, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A WHEEL SEPARATION FROM
THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy:
THE FIRST NOTIFICATION, BEGINNING MAY 1998, PROVIDES AN
INTERIM REPAIR PROCEDURE.  OWNERS OR THEIR DEALERS ARE
TO VERIFY THAT LUG NUT TORQUE IS 100 LBS.   THEN THE LUG
NUTS MUST BE TIGHTENED AN ADDITIONAL 1/8 TO 1/4 TURN MORE.

THE SECOND NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JULY 1998,
WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE.   DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE
WHEEL STUDS AND REPLACE THE WHEEL LUG NUTS.
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