Thanks to everyone for their tips.
Here are the results.
http://www.mediacentre.com/~andre/gt6/photogallery/2001/11/18/index.htm
First I tried the vise-grips. No luck the stud and lug would simply slip.
So I went to the Canadian Tire, the guys at the auto dept looked at me
pretty strange when I asked for a nut splitter something about we use
torches. So I walked over the hardware dept the guy knew what I wanted.
I than got to work on the lug I had to really work at this I did 4 cuts with
the splitter. When I finally got the head off I was still faced with a
problem. The sleeve part of the lug which was in the wheel would not let the
wheel pass. Out came the WD40. Still no luck, next I got my drill out. This
proved to be useful. I was able to spin the stud back and forth working the
lug out of the wheel until I could pull the wheel free.
Still want not out of the clear. The lug was still on stuck on the stud
meaning I could not remove the brake drum. 2 vise-grips later and I had that
taken care of. The stud was striped which would allowed it to spin.
I'm going to order 4 new ones and a new lug on Monday.
Again thanks for everyone's help.
I did manage to drive the car out. Looks nice drives well.
A.
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Andre Rousseau
'68 GT6 - Ottawa
http://www.justdrive.ca/
andrer@mac.com
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