Stripped lugnut
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Stripped lugnut
I got a badly stripped lug nut....I beat on a smaller socket and hit it with a breaker bar and stripped it worse. Recommendations on a tools or a solution?
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What kind of wheels and lug nut do you have? If they are the stock ones you can get a Dremmel with a cutting wheel and cut into it as much as possible then finish splitting it with a hammer and chisel. I had to get one off and that was the easiest way I was able to do it.
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What kind of wheels and lug nut do you have? If they are the stock ones you can get a Dremmel with a cutting wheel and cut into it as much as possible then finish splitting it with a hammer and chisel. I had to get one off and that was the easiest way I was able to do it.
here ya go.....as you can tell I put a lot of pressure on it and have yet to move it. The lug nuts are cheap the caps had already some off some of these. I may weld a 3/4 extension to it and nail it with the impact. I was think of those locking lug nut removers?
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Get the nut good and hot with a torch and then use one of these little babies... Best $25 I had spent on tools... Works great with nuts and bolts that are super rusty too...
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67894.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67894.html
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I wasn't suggesting getting it red hot... Just a couple hundred degrees... Ya wouldn't want it to get glowing hot like dirt track car brakes and hubs get... If ya drill out the end of the Accorn nut that allows ya to add some penetrating oil into the situation too... The sockets I posted about hold strong enough to even use a breaker bar on em...
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Not sure how much of a smaller socket you used or if it was 6 pointed but the last time I stripped one I got a 12 point socket that was a good bit smaller and pounded it on there
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If it were a broke stud, you would try an Easy-out on it... These are basically and external version of an Easy-Out... They come in both Metric and English standard sizes... I have both sets and have found them to be a valuable addition to the tool box...
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67897.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67894.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67897.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67894.html
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This. Most tire shops will do it for free if you buy a lug nut. There are sockets made for removing stripped lug nuts and wheel locks.
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I sort of like Edz link in post #4. http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece...ets-67894.html
Heat it first, and you win if it snaps off. X2 on a shop, at least see what they say.
Heat it first, and you win if it snaps off. X2 on a shop, at least see what they say.
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A great learning thing for a mechanic, (it's just a wheel), or something a shop shop might do without a second thought. (just tell them to balance that wheel!)