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Re: Stuck lug nuts.

To: Roger Helman <rogerh@digimation.com>
Subject: Re: Stuck lug nuts.
From: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>, triumph listserv <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Roger Helman wrote:

> The $250 factory rim on my (yikes caught me) Ford Explorer. I haven't tried a
> nut spliter, because I wasn't sure I could get it to fit with out scratching
> my pristine rim..

Try to get an impact socket (black) and use it w/ the impact wrench.
Regular sockets (silver) aren't good with mega-power.

You're lucky Sears didn't ask you how the thing broke... although they'd
probably replace it; I think Snap-On won't replace silver sockets that
have been used in an impact wrench.

I would have suggested heat, but as you don't want to damage the rim,
that's out the window.  Carefully drilling a hole in the nut and applying
some sort of liquid wrench might work too.

I'm assuming they're "acorn" nuts and thus don't have exposed threads on
the outside.

-Malcolm


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