stripped lug bolt NIGHTMARE!!!
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stripped lug bolt NIGHTMARE!!! Alright so I'm leaving the movies last night, and an 1/8th mile down the road I realize I have a flat. So I pull over in a gas station and try to get it off, stripped the bolt because the tire shop tightened them too tight, blah blah blah. Tried several things to get it off, with the most effective being using an easy out drill bit that we cut so it doesnt tap the stud but still catches the sides of the nut, but that bitch is in there TIGHT. Judging by the picture, am I going to have to grind out and replace the stud, or can I get this off without doing that? I doused the hell out of it with fluid film and am gonna let it sit overnight and try the easy out bit again, should that work? I don't wanna try the easy out with an impact wrench in fear of completely screwing this thing up. Any other suggestions?
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you could try filing the edges down to a smaller socket size. but to be honest that usually comes from bone-heads using the wrong socket size. which i assume you did when you first tried to get it off.
i have had some of the tightest lugs you can imagine that were compliments from the "tire shop", even then i have always been able to remove them by using the proper socket size.
i have had some of the tightest lugs you can imagine that were compliments from the "tire shop", even then i have always been able to remove them by using the proper socket size.
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The gator grip pins can conform to any bolt shape... I use them on Predator UAV wheel halves for this tool I am designing.
The GG socket should really work, but only if the socket can fit into the bore of the wheel
The GG socket should really work, but only if the socket can fit into the bore of the wheel
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thats what I meant, it won't fit into the bore.
And you could call me a bonehead, but it wasn't all my fault. I was using the right size tourqe socket, but it didn't go into the bolt all of the way. However, its worked every other time i've used it, and only since the tire shop tightened the lugs too far is why it messed it up. I'm gonna try using the easy out again tomorrow.
But people talking about filing down the edges, look at the picture. its not a typical lug nut, its a circular bolt and accepts a hexagonal key. its not an actual nut that lays over the stud, it threads itself around the stud. If it was a typical lug nut, I could have just tapped it and drilled it with an impact wrench and easy out bit.
And you could call me a bonehead, but it wasn't all my fault. I was using the right size tourqe socket, but it didn't go into the bolt all of the way. However, its worked every other time i've used it, and only since the tire shop tightened the lugs too far is why it messed it up. I'm gonna try using the easy out again tomorrow.
But people talking about filing down the edges, look at the picture. its not a typical lug nut, its a circular bolt and accepts a hexagonal key. its not an actual nut that lays over the stud, it threads itself around the stud. If it was a typical lug nut, I could have just tapped it and drilled it with an impact wrench and easy out bit.
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got the lug nut off and got all new lug nuts on but tire was still damaged, getting 2 new rears tomorrow. nothing special, off brand **** tires just to last me til ship date.
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Yea but I couldn't fit a socket around the lug nut and the outside of it was rounded anyway. But the rest of the nuts came off with ease (and by ease, I mean I used my 4 foot breaker bar 
) so i'm getting 2 new rear tires on either today or tomorrow. Wish I had a DD so I could leave the car in the shop overnight. Also wish I had a better job so that I could afford to eat until Friday after paying for these tires! fuckkk!!
) so i'm getting 2 new rear tires on either today or tomorrow. Wish I had a DD so I could leave the car in the shop overnight. Also wish I had a better job so that I could afford to eat until Friday after paying for these tires! fuckkk!! 