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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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Default Tire stuck on

So I woke up this morning to my perpetually leaking tire being dead flat. Being sick of this little game of filling it every couple days I decided to put on my spare. I went for my tire iron....none of the lug nuts will budge. I PB blaster it and let that set for a few hours and hit it with my impact gun....nothing, so I put some more PB on there and let it set then heated the lug nuts....with heat one of them rounded off and I left it alone not wanting to do any more damage.....I need help any suggestions?
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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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Be careful about heating rims with tires on them. There are documented cases of tires exploding after being heated.
That said:
I have used an air hammer and a BFH to back it up on the sides of lug nuts to break the rust.
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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 03:15 PM
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Jack it up and bang around the lugs with a hammer to loosen it up and allow the rim to vibrate. Drop it back down and loosen them up.
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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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Purchase a good 4 way lug wrench that factory wrench just keeps the bracket its mounted on from rattling not much more .

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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 04:02 PM
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Try giving the wheel a smack or two with a hammer. If you have access to hand impact and a 8pt socket you can hammer it on and give it a go...
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