The drilling-a-hole thing sounds like a good
idea, but be sure to also soak the nut-to-wheel
joint.
But first try tightening the nut (as hard
as you tried loosening it) and then loosening it.
I recently had an awful time getting off
a decent size nut on my '31 Ford front axle,
and after days of PB Blaster, breaker bar, impact
wrench, and
heat, the tighten/loosen trick finally did it.
Doug
--- Michael Godley <mgodley@tiac.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Went to get new rear tires on my Jeep (94 Grand
> Cherokee) and they (NTB) could not get the wheels
> off as one lug nut on each side defied their most
> powerful air guns and hand wrenches.
>
> The real mechanic is on vacation until next weekand
> the store manager said they would try heat but would
> probably need to drill out the stud and replace.
>
> Any ideas on what I might try in the interim. I was
> thinking of drilling a small hole in the rounded
> head of the chromed lug...they are recessed in to
> the alloy wheels....and soaking with PB blaster for
> a couple of days.
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