Mark Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hi All This may sound and look silly, but should I have wheel nuts on the front wheels of my jimmy :oops: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/MEasterby-Wood/CIMG0475.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/MEasterby-Wood/CIMG0474.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Mark, They are sleeve nuts on there now, if you were to fit twin wheels on the front, then you would fit conventional nuts on to the sleeve nuts. As the rear wheels are. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 although it may look odd those are just as good as the regular lug nuts , the only down side it they stick out a bit more and could nick a shin with those square corners if you were standing near the front wheels while working about the engine for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Ok thank you, had me worried there for a mo' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hi All This may sound and look silly, but should I have wheel nuts on the front wheels of my jimmy :oops: If you don't have nuts on, you'll end up like Jack's Jimmy did!!!!! :-D Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 If you don't have nuts on, you'll end up like Jack'd Jimmy did!!!!! :-D Steve :naughty: :naughty: :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 See the rust you get on those "foreign" vehicles.....terrible.... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 See the rust you get on those "foreign" vehicles.....terrible.... :roll: Cheek!! That is camouflage :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 In my poor opinion you need nuts on there asap those are designed to take twin wheels and as such the nuts go on the outside all that is retaining the wheel is a small sleeve on the stud you only need one to come loose and he presto bye bye wheel but then again I only drive a real truck a Dodge :-D Commander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 That was my thoughts exactly, that there should be nuts on the outside as well, reading thru the manual last night it describes taking the front wheel off by undoing the nuts first, but there isn't any. Does anyone have outer nuts on their jimmy front wheels?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Yes Mark, had them on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Mark Not sure if they are the same size as WLF - :dunno: If so, I may have some on the spare WLF. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Thanks for the offer matey but I have a load in the locker, I thought they were for the extra wheel on the fronts but obviously they are not, and to think I have been driving it around like that, makes you wonder if that is a cause of the wobble in a previuos thread I posted :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I suspect so mate. When I removed the rear wheels of the WLF, although the outer nuts were VERY tight, once loosened, some of the inner nuts were only hand tight. :shake: Couldn't tell just be looking at them. Theres a moral there somewhere. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 I will get them off at the weekend and get them balanced then re-fit with ALL nuts back on then see what happens next time it goes out. save up for petrol first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooTallMike Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 The front wheels on my old Jimmy and the WLF are held on using the internal/external sleeve nuts. That's what they're designed for. They are countersunk so they centre correctly and IMHO should be perfectly safe as long as they are done up correctly. If you put the wheel outside the sleeve nuts and then use the conventional nuts to hold the wheels on you'd have to take it all apart in order to double up the front wheels. Just my 10c. Others are entitled to disagree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Mike I do not envisage ever having to put double wheels up front (I only have one spare) so as it is now it might be wise to put the extra nuts on and be doubly sure that they are safe :dunno: It's a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Ok thanks fella's mind is made up, I have just looked on the CCKW site and in 90% of the pictures they have the extra nuts on as well, so that is what I am going to do, plus it will not hurt to go that route. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Mark the outer nut came as standard but as stated, they have no bearing on hold your front wheel on - only the outer wheel if you dual up. Think about how your rear wheels are held on - you have to take the outer nut off to to take the outer wheel off and then you are left with the same picture as your front wheel - the inner nuts. These hold on your inner wheel - you have to take them off to take your inner wheel off. And remember - all nuts undo towards the back of your truck - on both sides :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 And remember - all nuts undo towards the back of your truck - on both sides :-D Just to clear up any confusion on this as its a real pain when you try to undo something and you think you undoing it but you are actually doing it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :whistle: So this is how it works: All the wheel nuts on the right hand side of the truck undo anti clockwise ( the conventional way). All the wheel nuts on the left hand side of the truck undo clockwise ( not the normal way ) Sometimes the inner sleeve nuts have a " L " stamped on the end square of the nut to indicate it is a left handed nut, don't try to put these on the other side of the truck :-D All the best R3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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