what are the lug nuts made of?

[Maui]

It's not a nut...it's a lug-ume!

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[psuarmy]

What happens in Pennsylvania is that as it gets old the steel under the stainless covers rusts, makes the stainless bulge, then the proper sockets do not fit! I always replaced them on my Rangers so that I wouldn't be stuck along the road unable to change a flat because the lug wrench wouldn't fit.

It is terrible how bad they get. I changed my sister-in-law's brakes on her 2012 Ford Escape. they were so bad I had to hammer the socket on each lug nut, remove it, then beat the nut out of the socket with hammer and screwdriver. I spend over an hour removing two tires.

 

[Motorjunkie]

It is terrible how bad they get. I changed my sister-in-law's brakes on her 2012 Ford Escape. they were so bad I had to hammer the socket on each lug nut, remove it, then beat the nut out of the socket with hammer and screwdriver. I spend over an hour removing two tires.

The worst part is that all the techs at dealerships use impact guns with sometimes sloppy or non deep well sockets that only grip half of the lug nut so that shortens their useful life even more. Having been a factory trained MB tech for years, I always hand torqued all lug nuts. But that takes more time and most techs are payed flat rate so time is money. I do all my own work for that reason.

 

[Grabber Rick]

I had a 2015 focus and sister-in-law an escape. Both had chrome covered lug nuts that by the 3rd time taking them off spun on the steel underneath and I had to replace them.

For anyone who has taken their tires off are these lug nuts solid or is there a chrome cover on them?

I am sure they are like most factory lug nuts. Steel nut with a thin stainless cap over top. If tightened to much they tend to spin when you remove them. They also rust under the cap and the cap swells up because of the steel nut rusting.

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