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Re: TR6 rear wheel stud

To: Jim Davis <jh_davis@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: TR6 rear wheel stud
From: erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:42:21 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: 6 Pack List <6pack@autox.team.net>, TR6 List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Mmdf-warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at mail.virginia.edu
You did not say, will the lugnut NOT come off?

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Jim
Davis wrote:

> 
> I got my TR6 home from the body shop for a very minor repair friday
> evening and decided to bleed the brakes to correct a falling brake pedal
> problem. When I attempted to remove the left rear wheel, I found they
> had stripped one of the lugs from the hub. Must have cross threaded the
> lug, because I use anti-sieze on the lugs and they come off easily after
> overcoming the torque. Anyway, I think my only option is to drill the
> lug out through the lug nut by placing a socket over the lug to protect
> my Panasports. I don't want to trust this to the ham handed idiots at
> the body shop. Any other, or better suggestions?
> TIA,
> Jim Davis
> Fortson, Ga
> 

James A. Ruffner


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