"ps56k" > wrote in message
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: Have a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado -
: Our son now has it up in Wisc.... for kayaking... below is email
: discussion...
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:
: A friend had a flat tire, and could not get the lugnuts off - tire iron
was
: too big, and would not fit them...
:
: SO - here's an observation.
: I think I saw on our Jeep that a couple of the lugnuts had lost their
silver
: covers... which should be solid on them.
: The tire iron is under the passenger side flip seat.
:
: You might check this out and see if the tire iron will fit and turn both
the
: normally covered silver lugnut,
: and the broken ones with the raw lugnuts showing.
:
: If not, I would suggest buying some replacements, -
: I also seem to recall the front and rear are actually different sizes,
: depths, or something...
:
: Just thought I would pass this along to fix now,
: in case you ever had a flat and would not be able to get the lugnuts
removed
: due to mismatch between tire iron vs lugnut diameter.
:
: see ya - Dad -
:
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: Seems really stupid to have a nut with a cover that have two different
: sizes, and breaks off...
: I'll take a look at it.
: Probably will just get an 18mm lug wrench, throw it in the back, and be
: done.
: Sounds like they just break off after awhile.
:
:
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/w...g-them-662938/
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:
I don't check this group often because it's pretty slow and you've probably
found a fix by now but here's my experience with chrome cover style lug
nuts:

Toss em ... they're nothing but trouble to the car owner or tire shop but
cheap to purchase by the car manufacturer

Instead go down to your local parts store and get regular chrome plated
acorn style nuts and use them.

To be sure they are chrome plated and not the chrome shell over a regular
nut look for a parting line between the chrome side and the cone (wheel
side) cone of the nut.

A chrome plated nut won't have a visible joint between the side of the nut
and the cone shaped area.


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Budd Cochran