Re: Details, Details.

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx>]

Have you destroyed the chrome covers for the lug nuts yet? With an 
impact, the covers often create a cushion that minimizes the affects 
of the impact wrench. I would suggest using a break-over bar with an 
extension (cheater) to loosen the nuts. It is also cleaner to break 
off the lug nuts this way and just replace them.

Harold McElraft - 3354


--- In dmcnews@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