Wheel nuts

[sermis]

When did the nuts change from 6 sided to 5 sided./ I went to dismount a wheel today and spent 10 minutes trying to find a socket until I realized that the nuts were 5 sided. When did thy change or did I just get an odd ball rim?

 

[jimk]

sounds like a wheel lock, perhaps something homemade.JimK

 

[sermis]

Well all 12 are 5 sided. It just came from the military. There was also a different air system. No valve core on the rim and the original system connected to a ? 3/8 air line.

 

[sermis]

I'm talking about the nuts holding the wheel together and not the lug nuts.

 

[WillWagner]

Re: RE: Wheel nuts

I'm talking about the nuts holding the wheel together and not the lug nuts.

??? For the rears? The ones that hold the inner wheel to the hub Got a pic?

 

[sermis]

RE: Re: RE: Wheel nuts

37" 12 bolt 2 piece hummer wheel. Will get pic's tomorrow.

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: Re: RE: Wheel nuts

Sounds like you need a hydrant wrench

 

[WillWagner]

Re: RE: Wheel nuts

I'm talking about the nuts holding the wheel together and not the lug nuts.

??? For the rears? The ones that hold the inner wheel to the hub Got a pic?

DOH! Didn't notice I was in the HMMWV forum....Ignore the bonehead behind the computer!

 

[sermis]

OK here are some PIC's of the nuts.

 

[doghead]

Hmm... I haven't seen those before. I bet Clinto is going to like them, though. Their like "Chrysler Nuts"!
Sorry, I'm no help here!

 

[emmado22]

Are the nuts and washers seperate on that rim? Or is it all one peice?

 

[rmgill]

They probably switched them to a 5 sided nut to prevent pvt snuffy undoing those in the field with his tool kit and blowing his head off when the wheel let loose.

Probably a special tool for that. Try some of the tool catalogs online at either McMaster or the like. They ought to have something that'll work on those.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

Try going down to the National Guard unit Maintenance section as they work on them and Ryan is absolutely correct on the reason they are Pentagon shaped.

 

[dilvoy]

Those were usen on civi Hummers to do just that, keep someone from accidently undoing them and hurting him/herself. I don't know why they were on a wheel that was from the military though. Perhaps that CTIS shield bracket is the reason. There weren't very many Humvees with CITS installed, before the Military decided that it was for the birds. This wheel is possibly from one of the humvees that were used during testing.

 

[devilman96]

Eh... another engineering feat to help further the gene pool... Were totally ruining natural selection as maw nature intended!

 

[sermis]

Protect ourselves from ourselves………here hold my beer and watch this…………….

 

[BKinzey]

I had to go check mine

I've got one rim, looking for 4 more 12 bolt rims CHEAP , all 12 nuts are 6 sided. You can find the 6 sided nuts on eBay for about $1.75 each

 

[sermis]

I have access to used rims off and on. I can scavenge nuts from them. I had never seen one with 5 sided nuts. I picked this one up because the tire looked good. Then noticed a plug in the sidewall.