Thanks for the suggestions. The nut extractor was successful on several of
the nuts but at the end four studs had to be drilled out and let me tell
you, that wasn't pretty. Anyhow all is done now and with very little
damage
done to the alloys. Thanks again for all the suggestions
Bill
"Ron Seiden" <subronseiden@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Bill Falconer" <falconw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Took my caravan into a tire dealer for a wheel balance. Twenty minutes
>> into it he tells me there is a problem with the nuts stripping. THe
nuts
>> have some sort of tin ****eld over them for purly estetic looks I
believe
>> but anyhow what happened was that the ****elds came off. The guy doing
the
>> job put the 19mm impact over the bar nut which is of course slightly
>> smaller in size now because the steel ****eld is missing. He rounds the
>> edges over on 5 of the 10 nuts holding the two front tires on and then
>> procedes to use a nut extractor to try and remove one of the nuts. Now
we
>> have one nut that is totally round and stuck solid and nine that are
>> somewhat rounded and stuck on. To make matters worse, I have alloys on
>> the van. I stopped the guys from going any farther and took the van
home,
>> didn't see any point in digging the hole any deeper. I have been
looking
>> at the mess and it looks like drilling the stud will be the only way to
>> get the totally rounded nut off the dam stud. Has anyone had this same
>> problem and what did you do to resolve it. The dealer is an option but
I
>> would like to give this one a go myself first. If the nuts weren't down
>> in a bit of a recess in the alloy rim a dremel would certainly be the
>> answer, and may yet be but it will be difficult to cut the nut and not
>> hit the rim. Suggestions please.
>>
>> Any info appreciated.
>> Bill
> First off, that's exactly why you never want lug nuts with those dinky
tin
> covers -- it's well worth the cost to replace them with real, solid
acorn
> nuts. Also, always dab a little anti-seize on the studs before putting
on
> the lug nuts.
> As for removing them now, you could try hammering a deep wall socket of
an
> appropriate size down over the rounded nut -- Once it's jammed on,
attach
> a breaker bar (maybe even with a length of pipe on it for additional
> torque) and go to work. (I've seen this technique used on locking lug
nuts
> where the owner lost the key.) There are removers for rounded nuts --
sort
> of like sockets lined with sharp left-hand angled teeth -- as you turn
> them counter-clockwise they bite deeper onto the rounded nut. The only
> problem might be their not fitting into the little well your rims allow
> around the lug nuts (hence the idea of hammering a socket straight onto
> the nut). Before you start, soak them down with Kroil...
>
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