Help taking lugnut off

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dustyk
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Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:35 pm

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Ok, so the previous owner of my car seems to have cross threaded 3 out of the 4 lug nuts on the rear wheel. Impact wrench didnt take them off so I used the good ole breaker bar to try to take them off. Two of the lug nuts just snapped off, but one of them seems to have no thread left on it and just spins freely. The car has aftermarket rims with really small hole for the lugnuts so there is no way I can get anything in there to pry the lug while I turn it or anything. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the lug off? Destructive methods are perfectly ok with me~


DAEDALUS
Posts: 5421
Joined: Mon Jul 22, 2002 8:50 pm
Car: 1990 Infiniti Q45

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Have someone pry the tire while turning the nut?

180fan
Posts: 7799
Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:16 pm
Car: 89 fastback

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You can get a cutter for it. One of my lugnuts were crossthreaded and popped at the back of the hub. So I took dremel to cut it out although I'm not too sure if your wheels will give enough space for you to work a dremel in there. Or you could try cutting the stud at the back of the hub by trying to remove the entire knuckle and brake line and all that other stuff if you're in a real jam...but that's alot of work. Just a few more ideas.


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