If your lug nuts have started to swell, changing a tire can be a major hassle. Here's why the problem can develop and what you can do to fix it.

Rust and corrosion can build up between the ornate cover and lug nut, causing the covers to swell. Once swollen, lug nuts can be exceedingly difficult to remove using basic tools.

Remove wheel covers/hubcaps on the wheel(s) to be changed (on vehicles so equipped). Using the lug wrench (not the torque wrench), loosen, but do not remove, the lug nuts on the wheel(s) to be ...

The spikes on semi-truck wheels are covers that protect lug nuts from road debris. They may also encourage drivers to give ...

As mentioned, a hubcap is the protective cover that you can find on some car wheels. Traditionally, hubcaps cover the wheel's lug nuts and are designed to protect against debris and moisture ...

One user notes that her wheel fell off, ... The above report from ABC 10 News in California tells the story of seven vehicles that had multiple lug nuts loosened with lug nut covers missing.

Semi trucks’ tire spikes mainly protect the wheels’ lug nuts. ... As Big Rig Pros explains, the spikes’ main purpose is to cover a wheel’s lug nuts (which help fasten tires to their axles).

If it takes the same amount of effort to remove a spike-style lug nut cover, they wouldn’t cause much harm to another vehicle, but we both agreed that even if the spiked covers did fall off in a ...

CHARLOTTE — You’ve probably seen a big truck with spiked lug nut covers on the wheels, but are they legal? North Carolina does not have a law addressing lug nut length, but there is one ...