help...stuck lug nuts
#16
Breaker bar
Go to your closest home depot or lowes, or similar home improvment center. Ask someone for black steel pipe. They can be found in the water hook up area. make sure you take your lug wrench or ratchet with you so you can make sure your bar will go around the tool. I bought a 48" peice of this for about $8 at homedepot. VERY handy...and no worries about the bar breaking and causing injury...
Last edited by vtelvr; 02-16-2009 at 01:43 PM. Reason: Added more info
#17
Squirt some lube on it. Tighten the two opposite lugs as much as possible. Then wrench the one that is stuck as tight as possible if you can make it any tighter. Then loosen it. I had to do this on a couple chebby work vans that had some seized up lugs. Worked pretty well but I did need a helper pipe for some leverage. Just my 2 cents, Good luck!
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Torque 'em back at 150 lbs.
#22
update:
gotta 4 foot pipe. gave pb blaster a shot as well. i held the wrench in place while my buddy positioned himself to stand on the pipe (he weighs more than me) and nothing. the lug nut actually striped a little bit. tried the other stuck lug and same out come. waiting for the weekend to see my brother in law - the mechanic guru and see what he can do. he said worst case...we'll just grind that SOB off and replace the stud and lug nuts. this sucks but what other options do i have????
gotta 4 foot pipe. gave pb blaster a shot as well. i held the wrench in place while my buddy positioned himself to stand on the pipe (he weighs more than me) and nothing. the lug nut actually striped a little bit. tried the other stuck lug and same out come. waiting for the weekend to see my brother in law - the mechanic guru and see what he can do. he said worst case...we'll just grind that SOB off and replace the stud and lug nuts. this sucks but what other options do i have????
#23
an idiot at walmart put one of my lug nuts on cross threaded one time during a tire change on my ranger and i broke my lug wrench trying to get that sucker off. it was a 4 way lug wrench and it snapped that arm completely off. im a big guy (6'3" 260lbs) and when it broke my butt went flying to the ground lol, so be careful.
#24
an idiot at walmart put one of my lug nuts on cross threaded one time during a tire change on my ranger and i broke my lug wrench trying to get that sucker off. it was a 4 way lug wrench and it snapped that arm completely off. im a big guy (6'3" 260lbs) and when it broke my butt went flying to the ground lol, so be careful.
#25
use a dremel with that tiny cutting disc and start cutting, then take a chisel and break it off. that's how i'd do it, gonna have to replace the stud, but oh well. just start in 1 place and get a nice deep cut and then crack it a good one with a chisel, it should brake the rest of the way or at least open up some.
Last edited by ATOM; 02-17-2009 at 10:30 PM.
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