Lug nuts

[bundy34]

I have a 1997 Expedition that I am trying to put an old set of American Racing Atlas wheels on. The person I bought them from gave me his lugnuts, but they were the 14mm nuts, whereas my Expedition has the 12mm x 1.75 studs.

The holes in the rim for the lugnuts are narrow and can only fit a 19mm or 5/8 socket into to tighten the nuts and I am having difficulty finding suitable lugnuts that will work. I need them to be approx. 1 3/4 - 2" long.

Does anyone please have any leads on where I could find lugnuts for this that will be narrow enough to work?

If not, is it possible to upgrade my 12mm studs to 14mm? If so, what is all involved.

Thanks.

 

[Thermo]

bundy, upgrading to 14MM studs is going to be an expensive proposition as you have to buy 2 new front hubs and 2 new rear axles unless you want to pull all this stuff off and take it to a machine shop to have them bore the holes out for you.

As for lugnuts, not sure what to tell you with that.

 

[K5rnt]

Discount tire has them in stock. They are about $40 a set. Or you can get them off eBay

 

[bundy34]

I was hoping it was just a pop the old stud out and put a bigger one in kind of thing. So I won't be going that route.

The lug nuts on discount tire, which ones do i need, what are they called?

 

[K5rnt]

Just 12mm x 1.75 acorn nuts with 3/4" hex heads. The sales person should be able to take care of you.

 

[tonydiv]

And don't even bother going to Auto Zone or Advance, it's not a regular stock item.

 

[bundy34]

The problem i was having was that a 3/4" hex was to big.

I unfortunately already made the Advance and Autozone circuit, as well as some custom wheel shops, who only had 1 lug nut to sell me. Pep Boys had some but the of course theywere to wide as well.

I found some spline nuts for narrow holes at Summit so hopefully they will work.

 

[K5rnt]

I'm surprised that a 3/4 is to big. My American racing nittros had plenty of room for that size nut. You may have to get tuner nuts with a key. Discount tire should have those also.

 

[CARO'S98EB]

You will need a thin wall socket to fit the19mm[ 3/4"] nuts with your rim. try a 12 pt 3/8 drive socket.

 

[K5rnt]

Yea I actually use a thin wall 19mm on my wheels