CVCashmere
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When you buy a Mustang GT used, you don’t know all the garages that worked on your tires.
As you know lug nuts on the S550 Mustangs have issues with distortion and swelling. Look at some of my worst lug nuts as they removed them for the last time. They were under orders to remove them at all cost, even if the lug nut was ruined.
There is at least one lawsuit and TSB’s out on them. I did not know I had a problem with my lugs until it went to the Ford dealer for service and tire rotation.
They refused to rotate the tires since 14 of the lug nuts would not fit exactly into their 21 mm wrench and they refused to use a larger 21.5 mm socket. They wanted to charge me $144 for new lug nuts!! I guess the local tire shops had been torquing them really tight and using any size that would fit on them.
Needless to say…I became concerned with my 21mm “X” tire iron would not remove them…one flat and I would be stuck!!
Gorilla brand makes 21 mm replacements the exact size for Mustangs! I bought 20 for $60 from CJ Pony. Now..my “X” tire iron fits perfectly. Other dealers sell them too.
Check your lugs! Be sure you can get them off.
Thanks
CVCashmere
As you know lug nuts on the S550 Mustangs have issues with distortion and swelling. Look at some of my worst lug nuts as they removed them for the last time. They were under orders to remove them at all cost, even if the lug nut was ruined.
There is at least one lawsuit and TSB’s out on them. I did not know I had a problem with my lugs until it went to the Ford dealer for service and tire rotation.
They refused to rotate the tires since 14 of the lug nuts would not fit exactly into their 21 mm wrench and they refused to use a larger 21.5 mm socket. They wanted to charge me $144 for new lug nuts!! I guess the local tire shops had been torquing them really tight and using any size that would fit on them.
Needless to say…I became concerned with my 21mm “X” tire iron would not remove them…one flat and I would be stuck!!
Gorilla brand makes 21 mm replacements the exact size for Mustangs! I bought 20 for $60 from CJ Pony. Now..my “X” tire iron fits perfectly. Other dealers sell them too.
Check your lugs! Be sure you can get them off.
Thanks
CVCashmere
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