Tricks for removing lug nuts
05-22-2006, 02:05 PM
#11
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
"testert555@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
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>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
05-22-2006, 02:05 PM
#12
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
"testert555@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
05-22-2006, 02:05 PM
#13
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
"testert555@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Is WD40 good enough to use?
If you have a month or more to wait....
A proper penetrating oil is better. WD40 displaces water really well so
is good to use on wires and inside the distributor cap, but it is crap
for penetrating oil.
Hitting the nut with a hammer can help or a good fitting socket and a
breaker bar. When they are bad like that I hope to break them rather
than strip them. It is an easy job to replace a snapped stud, trying to
hack a stripped one out of the rim with a chisel or drill is a pain in
the butt....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
05-22-2006, 02:14 PM
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
On 22 May 2006 07:16:10 -0700, "testert555@gmail.com"
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
05-22-2006, 02:14 PM
#18
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
On 22 May 2006 07:16:10 -0700, "testert555@gmail.com"
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
05-22-2006, 02:14 PM
#19
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
On 22 May 2006 07:16:10 -0700, "testert555@gmail.com"
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
<testert555@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a new set of wheels/tires for my 91. I was able to loosen all
> but 1 lug nut.
Have you rounded off the nut yet? If not, then you just need to use
more force... I've found that I can put more torque on my lug nuts
with a T-handle lug wrench than my air powered impact wrench can exert
to remove the nut... If all else fails, put a cheater bar on your lug
wrench... If you still can't break it loose with a 4-6 ft cheater bar,
either you're a wimp or someone welded your lug nut to your rim...
05-22-2006, 07:19 PM
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Re: Tricks for removing lug nuts
B A R R Y did pass the time by typing:
> Jeeper wrote:
>> pb blaster is good to use
>>
>
> It's not good, it's the best! <G>
Yep.. And it's farily cheap.
Works way better than any other penertating oil
I've tried. As for WD-40, it won't do a darn thing.
--
rbg
> Jeeper wrote:
>> pb blaster is good to use
>>
>
> It's not good, it's the best! <G>
Yep.. And it's farily cheap.
Works way better than any other penertating oil
I've tried. As for WD-40, it won't do a darn thing.
--
rbg
