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Those lug nuts you have are original OE parts and really suck! When I had that problem, I bought new ones the same and the caps loosened up the first time I took them off! Somewhere I have a bag of about 30 or so that are just collecting dust.
Are you still working on this problem? A tire iron will have the two metric/standard and you can easily use whichever fits best.
Instead of using a jack handle to turn the wrench, breaker, tire iron, use the jacking mechanism vis the saddle.
As a worst come to worse situation. You could try to grind the studs' heads off, then pound them thru the wheel with a punch or drift pin inside to out.
I'm guessing that after this you'll put some anti-sieze on the lug studs and possibly new lug nuts.
As a worst come to worse situation. You could try to grind the studs' heads off, then pound them thru the wheel with a punch or drift pin inside to out..
Uggg! Not going recommend that since he has the alloy wheels with deep-set lugs. I'd take it to a real tire shop and have them get the lugs loose before I go the butcher route. Seriously, a tire shop with the correct size 6-point socket and an impact will have them off in no time flat.
Have you tried smacking a deep 18mm socket on the nut?
I just got a set of deep sockets, they’re all 19mm including the open ended one. The passenger front came off easily with the deep socket and breaker bar, the drivers front are giving some trouble, if you can see in the pictures some are deforming. So if these are indeed the two piece nuts the I assume it’s the cap breaking off, so do I just keep going and hope the cap breaks off? I need to drive the Jeep Saturday so I’m worried I’ll mess up or break a stud.
Last edited by Spencer_P; Jun 19, 2019 at 06:02 PM.