So when I was tightening up my lugnuts on the rear I had 2 nuts snap tightened fast to the car, they were snapped right where the round part of the nut is and i can't get the tool to grab the teeth on the nut. I am in a world of @!#$ right now because my rear shoes are shot, and my inspection is due this month.
So far our ideas have been to torch the wheel, drill out the studs, pound out the studs with a punch (i dont think it will work with the drum), pound some socket with teeth on it onto the nut and wrench it off?, and to just replace the rear end and torch the wheels off from that angle.
Now, me being a stupid college student, I can't afford garage work done, anybody have any ideas or experience with this? if anybody could ask around for me that'd be so great.
Wow dude you were actually thinking of replacing the whole rear-end?
Get a cheap socket and hammer it on there until it's on good enough to grab and take the nuts off, problem solved. If that doesn't work, just drill them until the nuts come off. It's not hard, just take your time.
1983 Camaro Z28
I also want to add, since you will be replacing studs more than likely, just do all of them. They are not expensive at all. And, when you tighten them.. find a torque wrench, and if you don't have one.. don't tighten them as tight as you can with whatever you are using, snug them and give them about 1/2 turn probably and that will be more than tight enough.
How tight were you getting them when you snapped them? J-Body's only need 100 ft. lb.
1983 Camaro Z28
Well i'm a big guy, and I was really giving it alot of torque...it was stupid on my part and I don't know how 3 ended up being snapped, the first one i knew why, cause i cranked it like a molla trucka, and then the other two were just routine tightening (i took it easy on them) and they still ended up snapping, it was ridiculous.
other problem is, i dont know how much room i have to work with those damn lug nut holes, they are very, very tight...
thats why you buy quality tuner style lugs and not just the cheapest @!#$ you can find
Darkstars wrote:thats why you buy quality tuner style lugs and not just the cheapest @!#$ you can find
Partially true, yes.. but he was just over-tightening them.. which is common.
Don't be afraid of how much room you have to work with. The second day that I had the wheels on my Camaro (in sig) I had to drill 2 studs because they were spinning inside the rotor when I needed to take them loose to replace my wheel bearings. There wasn't a whole lot of room, just be careful, go slow and do not lose focus. I got one tiny scratch in my wheel from it, and it's not noticeable with the lugs in place. Room isn't the issue, it's a steady hand.
1983 Camaro Z28
Use a torque wrench!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But just cut the stud off with cutoff wheel then pound it out and replace it!
The studs cost like 2 dolalrs at max each!
Zack if your worried about damaging the wheel jsut tape the outside off with like 4 lays of green autobody tape or even duct tape. I have a @!#$ load of drill bits down here at my place that u can use to drill them out.
Darkstars wrote:thats why you buy quality tuner style lugs and not just the cheapest @!#$ you can find
The lug nuts came with the wheels and I was told that they were expensive nuts, what you posted offers no help as to getting the broken nuts off so i don't appreciate a cheap shot while i'm down.
I can assure you, my next set with be the $85 ones.
Ryan I have a guy at a garage who said he'd help me out with the socket idea, hopefully it'll work
Schnupper, I have no idea how i'd get a cut off wheel onto the stud to cut, the nut is recessed onto the stud and the stud is deep into the wheel too, where would i cut?
Schnupper wrote:Use a torque wrench!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But just cut the stud off with cutoff wheel then pound it out and replace it!
The studs cost like 2 dolalrs at max each!
How is he going to use a cut-off wheel to cut the studs when the wheel is still on the car?
1983 Camaro Z28
hammer on a cheap socket that is slightly smaller and loosen slowly or find a hex hey bigger and tap it in
part of the nut is broken off on the stud wtf thats the 1st Ive ever heard of that happening, id try to make a notch on the broken part of the nut, get a screw driver and use it as a punch w/ a hammer see if it will turn at all following the notch on the broken part of the nut obviously counter clockwise pb blast isn't a bad idea while doing this. heating it yup would help but you could ward the rim if you get it too hot. if you cant get it to turn at all id probably try to break the piece of nut w, a small chiesle . never seize you're lug studs if you tend too tighten the hell out of them,
yeah i bought a torque wrench, works wonders. guess i........dont know........
my own strength haha j/p....I like that idea though, my latest attempt was to drill the lug nut and then try to tap it with a chisel like you said, but i didnt have much luck.
Key thing to remember if brake one stop! Next thing is that if you think about it you can just drill out the center part of the stud and it will just bake off when you get past the lug. Just check what size of drill bit you need to clear out with another lug on the car, I hope this helps. I know I freaked out when one broke on the Ferio.
I am sure you solved your problem by now but if anyone else has this problem where part of the lug nut is still on .. go to your local auto parts store and ask them for a bolt extractor ( may be individual but Irwin and Stanley make sets of them )
they are sort of the female version of the screw extractors but can be used on an pneumatic impact wrench an work wonders to remove bolts or nuts with stripped out heads
once you see how they are designed you will understand how they work
yeah i was going to say that but none of those are thin wall sockets so if the clearance between the wheel and the lug nut you will not be able to fit it in there
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