You can go to a tool supply shop and buy a nut splitter. Cost about 7 or 8 bucks and it will probably save the stud. After that, go to the original place the nuts were put on and show the manager the nuts and and your receipts for the tools/parts.

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i do think he is gonna be able to use a nut splitter, there no room, good idea though

I went to a coal processing plant near my parents house and got my brother-in-law to use a 3/4" impact gun on it. It took a little bit and quite a bit of lubricant but it came off.

stoped by a local pep boys shop on the way home. service manager was really cool (Patrick - Chandler, AZ Pep Boys on Arizona Ave), he had 3 of his guys take a stab at it and nothing. it was a challenge for them and i can see that they were putting their all into it. needless to say, they're having me come back tomorrow. one of them w/ a longer breaker bar and another w/ a 3/4 impact. basically free of charge...so the story continues

Dam, no luck with a 3/4 inch impact? I thought for sure 1000 foot pounds would break it loose. Go find a big rig shop with a 1 inch impact.... if that doesn't work....

Another trick you might want to try is the following...

Lift the truck up, get the lug nuts that you can off, then remove the jack stand, and then pop the jack and let the truck fall on the wheel. You might even hear a pop. You can try it a few times even.
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hope you don't get a flat tire......

I've had to do this to my previous truck because I didn't rotate the tires for like a year.

If it pops the tire... then I'd say you are in deep water... because I'd be more worried about buying some new tires.

no, they're having me come back tomorrow. they'll have the 3/4 impact tomorrow.

i wonder if someone loctited your lug nut on? i have heard of people being funny guy doing this, also loctiting spark plugs in......lol.....except if you buy it, then not so funny.

finally...they're out

Well... were they cross threaded, or just torqued on really good?

torqued on way to much. stud are still in tack

Good to hear... Are you going to get new lug nuts for the 2 that got mangled up a little bit?

Buy some good quality lugnuts and this will never happen again. the Ford lugnuts are terrible.