Re: WHEEL NUT PROBLEM

What the problem is the lug nuts have an aluminum cover and the metal under

them will rust and start to build up under the aluminum causing them to 
expand and the socket will no long fit right.

"Bill Falconer" <falconw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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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
>