Re: Details, Details.

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

I haven't destroyed the lugnuts yet. :)

I'm hearing this about the covering a lot. I found a long pole that 
will fit over my breaker bar here at work. I'll slip out with it in 
and hour and we'll see. :)

I have no problem destroying the lug nuts but I still don't get what 
you mean by breaking them off?

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 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