The Lug Nut Mystery on my Land Cruiser 😳

[@awaren8375]

This is an inexpensive way to make it more difficult to steal your tires without the expense of actual locking nuts

[@jeremys6631]

Yup, learned this from hot rodders. They had 3 different sizes and 1 would be metric.

[@awaren8375]

@@jeremys6631 makes me glad I was able to spend some time with old skool rodders,to bad most aren't around anymore.

[@dashservices]

Most car people have a "4 way" so I would assume theives would definitely have one.

[@awaren8375]

@@dashservicesthey don't have four ways .. a impact and sawzall that run off power packs, cuz they want your catalytic converter not your tires🤣

[@PawAshtraysMatter]

​@@jeremys6631yessssss! I was just about to comment that I knew a few mechanics that would put 4 different nuts on their cars. only reason I learned was one of them needed a cure plugged so I offered and noticed when trying to take off wheel

[@spenserak]

I've seen it happen this way before - somebody picked up a pack of 20, then realized they needed 24, and somehow ended up with different nuts for the remaining 4.

[@TheMastadon1]

Thank you for not putting low profile tires with huge a** rims on it. Its so nice to see someone still putting real off road tires and rims on their truck/suv.

[@Dirkadew]

Majority of people commute to work in their truck or suv so why would they put off-road tires? It’s only gonna be louder and worse gas mileage.

[@theone-fl2ul]

I'm so happy you used Jack stands for safety. Too many people trust the jack. 😮 safety first. If you need to use a lift I have a shop.

[@snydedon9636]

If she needs a lift I have a truck.

[@dannydavideos8106]

That’s a weird reply

[@snydedon9636]

@@dannydavideos8106 your comprehension skills seem to be lacking. That’s ok kid, maybe as you grow up that will improve. Have a good one.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

​@@dannydavideos8106he's making a pun, and he's being obnoxious about you not getting it.

[@dadgarage7966]

It's the KIS principle: Keep It Simpy.

[@thorwilkinson2565]

You are like my Daughter, I trained her to be self reliant and self sufficient. She does her own automotive work as well. You are a great inspiration for all women , the real female empowerment.

[@jwilson6086]

Those tire/wheels look great on the fj80.

[@peters2860]

😂 #Factory OEM

[@lyfandeth]

I could always tell which wheel my skilled Toyota dealer pulled for inspection. Every lug nut on it was torqued to fully twice factory spec on that wheel. "No, we do thousands of these, YOUR torque wrech must be wrong." Ahuh.

[@axjason]

My opinion about the lug nut says I hate sheet metal covered Lugnuts once you round one off, put in the tire iron on there it’s time to get rid of all Lugnuts

[@JacobE-23]

That's why i hate Ford lug nuts.

[@axjason]

@@JacobE-23 what are you kidding me Ford rarely uses sheet metal covered Lugnuts maybe more so in the past 10 or 15 years but I have is 2000 F150 in the Lugnuts are not sheet metal sleeved they are actual thru Lugnuts either way whether it’s Ford Chevy Chrysler Dodge. That is the thing to use sheet metal sleeved Lugnuts to make them look fancy when in fact, they’re just fucking shit waiting to go wrong as I stated earlier another thing on Lugnuts Chevy is the worst back in the 90s and 2000s they had Lugnuts that had plastic covers that were threaded that you had to takeoff first before you fucking took the Lugnuts off Taco Bell redundancy and bullshit. Think about that trying to change a tire on the freeway and you’re in a hurry, and you better under these plastic sleeves that are threaded over the lug nut and then do the lug nut dumbass shit.

[@eddiewilliams4404]

I'm running 305/70/16 with original wheels 97... no modifications needed... looks great

[@tylercurtis265]

I bought the special theft prevention locking nuts with a unique key. There is one on each wheel.

[@nodak81]

My car has one different nut on each wheel due to me immediately getting rid of the locking nuts that were on it when I bought it.

[@AndrewPureMI]

I think youe right in a way, it probably had wheel "locks" and someone wanted to get rid of them .... thats all i can think

[@24hrstolive27]

What size tires did u end up putting on your truck? Is it lifted?

[@TCAPChrisHandsome]

An interesting observation I made is that the lugs weren't broken on the ground, before lifting. I usually do the initial break on the ground and just tighten them back enough to hold the tire on, before lifting the vehicle and taking the lugs off. Especially if it's an older vehicle or a trailer, sometimes the wheels don't lock in place when you get the tire off the ground, and you can hurt yourself by trying to break a lug on a free wheel.

[@TwIn603]

The old “lost the locking nut key trick “ Replace with whatever fits lol.

[@RestrictedAirspacePodcast]

Attention to detail. 👏 Bravo!

[@JanKarlseder]

Both are Land Cruiser lug nuts, but the conical ones for the stock rims up to 94, the flat ones for the rims from 96 and 97. The conical ones will ruin the later rims.

[@liveoak7838]

It wasn't strange there was sludge in the diff as you were told before. Your axle seals were bad causing diff fluid to mix with birfield grease. As far as I know, those factory rims are from a pickup or 4runner as the lug nuts have washers. that style of rim that came on the 80 series used acorn style lug nuts.

[@rzydezvouz9390]

absolutely impressed you could undo wheel nuts with such a short power bar, well done

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

Alot of times tire shops cant find the key and thats when you get random replacements. Lucky if you get 4 of the same as replacement.

[@JacobE-23]

Yep, alot of people take it out of the car. Sometimes you have no other choice.

[@adamr9215]

@@JacobE-23Everywhere I worked just charged the customer a half hour of labor and told them to come back with the key, or the title in their name and money for a couple of hours of labor to remove them.

[@laurenday633]

Awesome videos!! I appreciate seeing a fellow lady land cruiser owner on youtube!

[@juanjmolina]

it is an option that toyota offered for the 2 tone mag wheels. Same as the FJ Cruiser-style lug. Id switch them out.

[@6Sparx9]

do the jackstands damage that floor or do you put something under them?

[@Henry-vq6tl]

They use to do that back in the days so that people would Jack the rims off cars

[@cybernite99]

It used to have locking lug nuts. Dealership didnt have a key so when they got them off, they just put normal ones back.

[@Baerschi100]

In my schooltime in a town in the german alps we had several days where the snow stacked so high, that the teachers couldn't get through. And we had the rule, that the school day was free if no teacher was there. But the principal had either a four-wheel-drive BMW or a Landcruiser on hand. He didn't miss a day. His Landcruiser looked like a J80 but I'm not sure if it was this model. I only know, that it was big and had a 4 Liter 6 cylinder which had enough torque to go uphill in idle.

[@jmicm13]

Have the same wheels on my Armada. They look good but are a pain to keep clean. And the flat black sucks to clean.

[@Dk_Ks23]

It’s so much easier to remove and tighten the lug nuts by standing on the Jack instead of using hands.

[@aaronmontoya2518]

Used to have locks. Problem solved.

[@travissaffery]

It's because it used to have 1 locking lugnut before but the other owners probably lost the key and just replaced it with whatever was available

[@KiyaWarrior]

On the LX450, (1996 Lexus FZJ80) one lug nut is different from the rest from the factory. Its a security lug nut and requires a key.

[@nomad57-u3x]

no ,different sized lugnuts is another way to stop thieves who think they will only need one size tool to steal your rims/tires...

[@weedes0001]

I have a question? How do you fix the loose nut behind the wheel?!

[@rodneygavaldon6943]

Interesting. Your gorgeous and what is the plan for the cruiser? Is it going to be an off roading rig ? Use it like a overland vehicles?

[@dimedriver]

Inspect your factory rims for damage! Some toyota and nissan alloy rims require special lug nuts. They typically have a washer built in and the shank is specifically sized to the hole in the rim. They are not acorn style nuts(rounded or cone shaped base/shank). The different nuts you show don't have the washer and appear to be acorn style. These would have damaged your factory rims as they require the washer and shank style nuts which are somewhat rare at autoparts stores.

[@meaculpamishegas]

Thank god you finally noticed, they were bugging the hell out of me not matching

[@CarGuyCole360]

Make sure that the extra lug nut was the right type of seat. Toyotas use a mag seat. Most other cars use conical seat lugs. If it isn't a mag seat, it can damage your wheel. Since it's a 6 lug, it probably wouldn't be that bad, but it's still potentially problematic. It wallows out the lug hole

[@kevinavillain4616]

It's less likely they wanted to keep the locking lug nuts and more likely they wanted the locking lug nuts GONE.

[@tepidbeach4630]

use that jack handle if you can to save your shoulders and back. I know how expensive tools can be, but do anything to save your body now rather than later

[@T4RSR5]

Which Method wheels did you put on ?

[@furiousfragment7082]

I removed Toyota Tacoma and kept the lug nuts

[@b0bsaget007]

It's doubly weird that the mismatched lugs weren't the right type at all. They are supposed to be flanged like the factory style.

[@H.A..]

Well I hate to break to you but the previous owner also kept the original 16 inch Landcruiser wheels for themselves and gave you some 15 inch 4Runner wheels instead.

[@HighStakesBBall]

Bought a used car that had a wheel lock lug nut on each wheel. Unfortunately, the key for the lugs was not present. After going to a ton of BS to get it off. I had them all replaced. So each wheel has 1 unmatched lug on it 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@terrywbreedlove]

You tossing that big tire and wheel around like a Boss. 💪🏻

[@ce_rouse]

Used vehicle = ship of theseus. 🤔

[@christophermannmanno6318]

Just discovered your channel ! I love your content!!

[@AnanusBananus]

They removed locking lugnuts, and those Toyota lugs are like 10€$£ each and specific to toyoder

[@MA-vm6jl]

What year is that Land Cruiser?

[@jeremygray2484]

It's a locking lugnut... used for theft prevention

[@joelspaulding5964]

Fabulous improvement...the wheels also.😂

[@elijahpeele3915]

Great video! Maybe invest in a bigger breaker bar for loosing your nuts save your body!

[@normandaquioag8067]

Replace them with McGard lug nuts! The best one out there!

[@machew2009]

Someone just wanted to eliminate the locking lug nuts however they should have made sure that the replaced the lock nut with the correct lug nut not the way wrong lug nut

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

Because they chucked the shitty wheel "locks" and bought regular nuts that are slightly different.

[@chmney2830]

i love ur shorts.

[@Chris-o4n2u]

This girl is my hero much respect. And keep up the Landcruiser build ❤it

[@rw3175]

When are doing a full vid on the cruiser?

[@nbuckanaga6840]

most likely about the lug nut mystery is that lugnuts are sold in 4 sets of 5. 4x5. and had to buy an extra single set which weren't a match to full set. and possibly your theory is true also.

[@penguinfromtheholy]

They're tryna make it harder to steal the tires

[@GavinHernandez-qf7zz]

I have an xterra,I also had different lugs on all 4 tires.😅

[@noclassfabrication9845]

Could be they lost the key to the lug nut and had a shop remove them and that's what they had on hand to replace it with

[@scott3888]

You need a longer breaker bar😊

[@dvonehrlich]

That’s nuts. Lug nuts.

[@eli25jk70]

What is the extension you have on your floor jack? I need one lol i keep having to use a 4x4 block of wood

[@dashservices]

Instead of a 4x4 use squares of plywood or better under the stand. Sometimes use more then a few. Edit: safer than adding to the top of the jack stand, better to build up the bottom and also saves driveways and whatnot from damage

[@kennychao4143]

Looks like they sold you a mechanic special. All that grease was to hide a problem.

[@jamesarnold6059]

you got it. shop that brought it from japan didn't have matching sets

[@dandilts3213]

@awaren8375 has my vote for why. That will slow a thief down a little bit. Maybe enough to get caught.

[@jeffreyjohns3329]

I like watching you it's good to see someone from the opposite sex from me I can tell you're not a rookie keep it up.

[@dannythomas7902]

Old guy told me once grease them, I waited till I was 30 and started, have never looked back, anti seize is better

[@CornPopsDood]

Can’t imagine caring that there’s a different lug nut on a 4x4. Sometimes used as a time deterrence to theft. Does it stay on the stud? That’s all that matters.

[@Stormtrooper_98Trd]

I'd love those stocks!!

[@reddragonwhiskey]

You look good with that jack

[@kamnapavon4638]

Got Nuts? Gone Nuts? Have Nuts? Been Nuts? Where are those Nuts? Who's Nuts are these?

[@Sp.Be.W]

I lost a wheel once around a corner, and all the nuts for that wheel. Put the wheel back on with one from each of the three other wheels. Bought a new set later to replace one but on each wheel, which were different to all the rest. So I had the same end result. I would advise checking everything that could be a little funky if a wheel had been lost around a corner. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@howardiknow1133]

It's a tradition in a Australia...80 series can't have all the same lugnuts...and you must have something tied on with fencing wire..😅

[@TommyZ9448]

With lug nuts it is important they seat correctly. Most taper for a pretty universal fit.

[@djjaysky9071]

Those are hub centric wheels tapered lug nuts do not work

[@laurenday633]

Incorrect. The early land cruiser wheels require a magseat lug, not an acorn lug to work correctly. Use acorn- you die. lol

[@ih8people679]

When I got my Venza I felt a bad shake on a road trip, that shake got worse by the second on the highway. I pulled over and crawled to the gas station. I looked and saw that 3 of the 5 lug nuts had fallen off on the highway.. My toyota tire iron wouldn't fit the other nuts on the other wheels, when a gm truck came in I asked if I could try hers and it fit.. like wtf. so I pulled one nut off of the remaining wheels and made sure they were all tight. Then went to the dealership and tore into them. My son was only a month old so anyone with kids use your imagination on how angry u would've been.

[@jerryduffel3017]

Work that jack lol😅😅

[@pothole8650]

‘MY’ Land Cruiser 😂😂😂😂😂HaHa 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂 nice try!!!

[@laurenday633]

Probably hers, since she has a few toyotas in her videos and has a ton of videos on her land cruiser, ya know and she says it is her land cruiser. Girls have land cruisers too. I have a 94 that i put a 6.0l LQ4 LS in, so take your misogyny elsewhere :)

[@stevelarson5569]

“Anyways” is not a word. Anyway is.

[@NJDronesincorporated]

Nothing I love better in this world than a pretty woman that knows how to wrench on her own vehicle.

[@timallen6662]

Thanks for your wonderful heart ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@AllenTolbert-ld9ms]

Making it look easy CK GBU And Family Always 🙏

[@Slowcarfastbeans]

For Josh’s, Joe’s, John’s, and Pete’s sakes, get a longer lever to the bigger nuts off.

[@arod957]

Or may have lost the key for the lock knot!

[@BigBluePile]

The original rims looks way better. 🤷🏿

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

use a heavy duty piece of pipe. on the end of the wrench. more leverage to brake the lug nuts free. just saying. have a good day.

[@cloroxlavenderscent4307]

Nah just buy an impact gun

[@bubaa1218]

Rip transfer case

[@chupybermudez2292]

best truck!!!!!

[@7.3PSDA2]

BFG are decent i perfer General Grabber X3s

[@762sandman]

You have a really cool channel. So cool you're very talented and very beautiful. I've always wanted a toyota Tacoma.

[@johnfairchild3421]

Locking lug nut

[@davids1033]

I remove all the locking lug nuts on my Toyota cars. Just in case I have a flat and can’t locate the key.

[@fikeshawaii]

I put all new lug nuts

[@axjason]

Nice wheels

[@allenrodriguez49]

Thats a bad woman ❤

[@M_u_t_e96024]

Them some interesting nut lugs

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

Simple things for a simple mind

[@AliKhan-ok6ph]

That sludge is not good