Don't know what style lug nuts you've got, but: Most "stainless steel" lug nuts are really carbon steel with a stainless cap. Cap doesn't respond well to high impact. Best success is slow pressure with long handle (put a cheater on your breaker bar). If you can get caps off, nuts are often hollow on end -- great place to sheet some penetrating oil. Remember wheels are aluminum -- electrolysis (different metals weld themselves together in presence of moisture). Road salt just makes situation worse. What's going to be fun is after you've gotten lug nuts off and wheels are stuck to hubs. Has your vehicle actually moved yet? Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > I spent the day with Mike "The Detail King" Cohee. If you want to make > your car look excellent, and like-factory condition, and on the cheap, > he's the guy to see. > > On to other issues: > > I have lug nuts on the front wheels that won't come free with a 265 > ftlb air-impact wrench. This baffles me. One wheel I expected problems > with because I wasn't able to get it off -before- I bought the air > tools. The other wheel I don't understand because I had removed and > installed it with the factory lug wrench. Talk about rust! > > The lug nuts are beginning to round off. Before I destroy them, what > ways are there to bust these things free? Are there nut-splitters that > can get at them in those recesses? A torch? Would I be better off at a > professional garage? > > I have 4 brand-new BFG Radial T/A's sitting in my basement, ready for > mounting. Lend me your thoughts! > > Rich > #5335 -Maryland Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=898939698> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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