# 2000 Ford E250 - Cheers for hubcaps **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [December 14, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-e250-cheers-for-hubcaps/154684 "2019-12-14T15:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martinnelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@martinnelson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/martinnelson)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-e250-cheers-for-hubcaps/154684/1 "2019-12-14T15:32:12Z")
Read article on lug nuts… Several yrs. back I had a Ford 3/4 PU w/ the full floating rear axle - stud threads stuck out of the lug nuts 1.5". I’d taken the hub caps off. There was a thick coating of baked on mud on the threaded parts of the stud sticking out. Had a flat tire - I could not get the lug nuts off due to the baked on mud. I was out in the boonies, had no wire brush. I had to mess w/ the studs probably 2 hrs. - finally got the tire changed. Hub caps have a purpose!! best, Martin ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-e250-cheers-for-hubcaps/154684/2 "2019-12-14T16:02:28Z")
It was not the dried mud , but rust that you could not see . ---
**Author:** ![martinnelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@martinnelson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/martinnelson)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-e250-cheers-for-hubcaps/154684/3 "2019-12-14T16:07:52Z")
Hi: I’m sure it was the baked on mud… I had put never seize on the nut/threads as a preventative measure. It looked sporty w/o hub caps - but result was BAD!! Part of the problem was that the heavy duty full floating rear end had a about 1.5" of threads beyond the lug nut. thanks!! Martin