[DMCForum] Re: Glitch #182
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I used anti-seize and I had that rim off the car 2 months ago or less 
to mount a tire. I had one stuck lug nut then.

I suspect that when I had a dragging caliper, the constant cycle of 
extreme heating and subsequent cooling caused this situation.

So far, for removal, the recommendations are the same:

heat it up, lube it up, drill it out, or cut it out.
That's fine. I just wanted to hear what everyone had to say.

I will first, attempt to heat them up with my little oxygen/mapp gas 
torch. If that doesn't work, I'll see if I can use a dremel to split 
them. If that doesn't work, I'll snap them or drill them out I guess.

I hope the disc isn't hard to get off so I can get new studs pressed 
in. They are "pressed" in vice threaded in right?

Thanks,

Rich
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> A lesson in using copper grease next time?
> 
> twinenginedmc12 wrote:
> 
> >Hi Rich.
> >
> >Bummer, that those lugnuts were so seriously overtightened.  
That's 
> >why I always use a torque wrench to install my lugnuts.  (90 lbft, 
in 
> >case your interested)
> >
> >If it were my wheel, I'd spray a bunch of wd-40 into the three 
intact 
> >lugnuts for a few days straight, and see if they'll come off in 
one 
> >piece.  I'd heat them with a propane torch if they gave me grief.  
If 
> >they still didn't come off, I'd twist them until either the 
lugnut, 
> >or the stud broke off.
> >
> >As for the stud with the broken lugnut, well, I'd get out my 
drill, 
> >and drill out the stud.  
> >
> >I'd probably replace all the studs, as I'd be unlikely to trust 
such 
> >overstressed and/or corroded bolts ever again.  They can be 
hammered 
> >out pretty easily.
> >
> >Nothin's ever easy.
> >
> >Rick.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Friday I attempted to install my new brake pads.
> >>
> >>3 lugnuts on the driver's front refuse to budge. I used a long 
> >>cheater bar and a 600 ft/lb. impact gun. One nut sheared in half 
> >>leaving the cone still wedged into the wheel at the base of the 
> >>    
> >>
> >stud.
> >  
> >
> >>Is there a way to cut off or destroy the lugnuts in a manner that 
> >>will save the wheel and the studs?
> >>
> >>Is there a way to apply extreme heat and cold in a manner that 
will 
> >>loosen them?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Rich
> >>#5335
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
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