Will Honea

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:52:38 UTC William Pughe <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote:

> Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> it's relevant to this group:)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Will

One other trick besides the beaten on socket, etc. that might work is
to take a sharp cold chisel and set it just inside where the points on
the nut used to be. If you have enough left, you can usually start
the nut with a few healthy blows from your trusty BMFH. You may have
a probblem getting the chisel on the nut squarely if the rim
interferes. It wouldn't work at all on mine - the nuts are recessed
inside a well.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Lee Ayrton

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, c wrote:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
[snip]

> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
[snip]

I haven't any experience with them, but Sears sells what looks like an
inside-out easy-out -- a socket with spiral grooves tapering inward. It
looks like you pound the thing onto your rounded nut or bolt head and back
it out.

Lee Ayrton

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, c wrote:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
[snip]

> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
[snip]

I haven't any experience with them, but Sears sells what looks like an
inside-out easy-out -- a socket with spiral grooves tapering inward. It
looks like you pound the thing onto your rounded nut or bolt head and back
it out.

Lee Ayrton

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, c wrote:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
[snip]

> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
[snip]

I haven't any experience with them, but Sears sells what looks like an
inside-out easy-out -- a socket with spiral grooves tapering inward. It
looks like you pound the thing onto your rounded nut or bolt head and back
it out.

Lee Ayrton

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, c wrote:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
[snip]

> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
[snip]

I haven't any experience with them, but Sears sells what looks like an
inside-out easy-out -- a socket with spiral grooves tapering inward. It
looks like you pound the thing onto your rounded nut or bolt head and back
it out.

William Pughe

"c" <c@me.org> writes:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Will
>
> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
> The other option is to take an old socket and grind the plating off (or use
> an impact socket) and weld it to the nut. This is not always possible
> depending on your rim type.
>
> Chris

Thanks for all of the advice. I had already tried pounding on a smaller
socket, but unfortunately that didn't work. The nut is recessed into the
rim, so it's hard to get at it.

The gator-grip(socket with nails in it) was garbage. I put it on, and
with very little torque managed to destroy it.

Snap-on(and others) sell twist sockets. They have reverse cut grooves so
that they grip harder when torque is applied. Seems like just the thing.

Thanks for all the help.

Will

William Pughe

"c" <c@me.org> writes:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Will
>
> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
> The other option is to take an old socket and grind the plating off (or use
> an impact socket) and weld it to the nut. This is not always possible
> depending on your rim type.
>
> Chris

Thanks for all of the advice. I had already tried pounding on a smaller
socket, but unfortunately that didn't work. The nut is recessed into the
rim, so it's hard to get at it.

The gator-grip(socket with nails in it) was garbage. I put it on, and
with very little torque managed to destroy it.

Snap-on(and others) sell twist sockets. They have reverse cut grooves so
that they grip harder when torque is applied. Seems like just the thing.

Thanks for all the help.

Will

William Pughe

"c" <c@me.org> writes:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Will
>
> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
> The other option is to take an old socket and grind the plating off (or use
> an impact socket) and weld it to the nut. This is not always possible
> depending on your rim type.
>
> Chris

Thanks for all of the advice. I had already tried pounding on a smaller
socket, but unfortunately that didn't work. The nut is recessed into the
rim, so it's hard to get at it.

The gator-grip(socket with nails in it) was garbage. I put it on, and
with very little torque managed to destroy it.

Snap-on(and others) sell twist sockets. They have reverse cut grooves so
that they grip harder when torque is applied. Seems like just the thing.

Thanks for all the help.

Will

William Pughe

"c" <c@me.org> writes:

> "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
> > Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep, so at least
> > it's relevant to this group:)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Will
>
> If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a socketthat is just
> slightly smaller than the original size and pound it on the nut. Usually
> this is done by getting the next closest size metric socket for a non-metric
> nut and vice versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the socket.
> The other option is to take an old socket and grind the plating off (or use
> an impact socket) and weld it to the nut. This is not always possible
> depending on your rim type.
>
> Chris

Thanks for all of the advice. I had already tried pounding on a smaller
socket, but unfortunately that didn't work. The nut is recessed into the
rim, so it's hard to get at it.

The gator-grip(socket with nails in it) was garbage. I put it on, and
with very little torque managed to destroy it.

Snap-on(and others) sell twist sockets. They have reverse cut grooves so
that they grip harder when torque is applied. Seems like just the thing.

Thanks for all the help.

Will

Joseph P

In news:x5n04yn61f.fsf@ll.mit.edu,
William Pughe from <wlp@ll.mit.edu> was injured because:

| "c" <c@me.org> writes:
|
|| "William Pughe" <wlp@ll.mit.edu> wrote in message
|| news:x51xmbg7i1.fsf@ll.mit.edu...
||| Any suggestions on how to get it off? It's on a Jeep,
so at
||| least it's relevant to this group:)
|||
||| Thanks in advance.
|||
||| Will
||
|| If the hex part is what's stripped you can usually get a
|| socketthat is just slightly smaller than the original
size
|| and pound it on the nut. Usually this is done by getting
the
|| next closest size metric socket for a non-metric nut and
vice
|| versa. Remember this will more often than not ruin the
|| socket. The other option is to take an old socket and
grind
|| the plating off (or use an impact socket) and weld it to
the
|| nut. This is not always possible depending on your rim
type.
||
|| Chris
|
| Thanks for all of the advice. I had already tried
pounding on
| a smaller socket, but unfortunately that didn't work. The
nut
| is recessed into the rim, so it's hard to get at it.
|
| The gator-grip(socket with nails in it) was garbage. I
put it
| on, and with very little torque managed to destroy it.
|
| Snap-on(and others) sell twist sockets. They have reverse
cut
| grooves so that they grip harder when torque is applied.
| Seems like just the thing.
|
| Thanks for all the help.
|
| Will

Last time I had this, I used my Dremel....just be careful,
but it works like a champ.

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