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15 October 2018, 06:59 PM | #1 |
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Ever had to drill out a lug nut?
Had a diificult time removing over torqued lug nuts after a tire shop put on new tires with a 24" breaker bar. Then one proceeded to spin in place. Spent the next 3 hours drilling out the nut/stud until enough material was removed to snap the stud. I don't wish that experience on anyone.
At least I got a new toy out of it! All this just to replace some squealing brakes. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk |
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Not quite. I did snap a stud off once so I feel your pain
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I broke one off once that had “frozen” to the nut. When the nut wouldn’t budge with my lug wrench I put a 3’ pipe onto the wrench for leverage. Snapped the stud right off.
I took the car to a garage that said “No problem”. They removed the broken stud and inserted a new one in less than 30 minutes and for about $30. Money well spent for me. |
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I know the problem all to well.
Quite easy to fix with a sharp drill and a left tap
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Many years ago I broke one on my E36 328is. I got SO lucky it wasn't fully torqued in so I extracted it with a much easier process.
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I always use anti seize on the lugs on all my cars. especially the older ones. you will never have a problem.!
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Shops that over torque lugs are a huge pet peeve of mine. Imagine trying to get one wheel off with a flat tire.
I swap out my own snow tires and wheels every year, and torque to specs. However, anytime any of our cars are in for service, I have to specifically instruct them in exactly how I want things tightened. Why? Because not only have I broken or drilled out over-tightened lug bolts during my winter swaps, I have also encountered the exact same problem twice in the last 5 years out there on the roads with flat tires. Taking 30 mins just to get a wheel off on the side of the road or limping home with 3 or 4 lug bolts shouldn’t happen when using a high end German car dealer’s shop. Inexcusable really. |
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Having helped with engineering and maintaining a Championship-winning SCCA-spec Formula 2000 car... have done many things.
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Yep, luckily only beating on the rotor hat for a couple minutes with a 4lb sledge freed the rotor to change the stud...I have no idea how the stud splines got rounded off to make the whole thing spin in place. First for me.
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Been there done that!
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Bought a car once that had locking lug nut on each wheel and had no key. Had a flat, in the rain, in a really seedy neighborhood. Jacked it up, removed the 4 I could and just snapped it off. Tightened up the spare and had the tire shop replace the broken one the next day.
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Shitty job. I use a nut cracker on the one I had to do.
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A similar issue I had on a '94 850 Turbo. A tire shop flubbed it.
Went to my 'usual' guy, gave him $50 USD, and asked him to get it off. Not to worry about nicking up the 850T's alloy rims. He put the car on a lift, hooked his chisel bit to his air hammer, and had the lug nut off in 30 seconds. No damage to the rim or the bolt. |
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Did Jocke work on it? That would explain the problem...
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Ok, well, ummm... do have a, dare i say this in public, tool.... problem. Actually my head engineer helped with the Rahal's cars and another friend of mine used to do shock rebuilds at Hendrick Motorsports. You have no idea the cost and how often you need to rebuild your shocks during each season, it's insane! Have two ultimate set of tools. One for the main garage area and another, which of course would be in the 21 foot V-nose enclosed trailer. Then you have stuff for my watch habit, electronics diy habit, camera habit.... Nothing feels better than the right tool in your hand
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I prefer impact wrenches to breaker bars. I think they actually are more effective at removing stuck bolts and have less of a chance of stripping the bolts but my experience is limited to cars and SUVs. My old range rover 4.6, lugs were basically impossible to take off after fording water/offroading/salt without an impact gun.
Interestingly on my prius once I had to replace a lug and a lugnut, just felt it start to wobble a bit and had to break it off, I think with an impact then a 4 pound hammer to the lug but don't remember exactly. |
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for me air impacts can be much better. while i guess it is possible a particular electric could outperform a specific air impact a high end air impact would destroy a high end electric in power and ability to use in tight spots.
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Hey Chris. That looks like a real PITA. Not a fun job. I had a 67 SS Chevelle in HS that we did a lot of work on. That thing broke studs all the time. Did a burn out one time and looking out the passenger window at my rear rim and tire going right past me...Certainly have had to drill out fixed lug nuts and resulting broken studs over the years.
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