I had a new set of tires mounted on my IROC last winter and am checking the status on the back brakes. The installer must be built like a gorilla because even with a breaker bar, a cheater pipe and my 160 lbs, they won't budge! I am not as worried about breaking the stud (HD studs that came with my Moser axles) as much as the studs possibly turning in the axles. Any tricks? Possibly heating up the nut with a match? Drilling a 1/8" hole in the tip of the nut to apply penetrant? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated !!

 

I'd take it back to the monkeys that tightened your lug nuts with an impact gun and no torque stick and make them take them off and retorque them properly (should make them do it by hand with a torque wrench just so they learn their lesson)...

 

impact wrench, heat or cold would help to get them off also

 

They're ALL like that? Wow. Don't use the cheater pipe and your 160 pounds on the lug nuts, use them on the guy that put those wheels on!

I had that happen to me once- once. Got new tires put on, got home, couldn't budge a lug nut to check it's torque. Drove right back. Now after I get new tires, I loosen one lug nut on each wheel, and re-torque it. If it's hard to move, I'll try another one.

That way I don't waste a trip going home and then back to the shop.

 

I've had lugnuts actually seize to the alluminum rim. i got my good breaker bar and cheaterbar and my 220 lbs but couldn't budge them. It took a wile going back and forth but they eventually broke free. when they started to loosen i was sure the studs were breaking but i could see the pitt marks in the wheel. The studs were fine. soak themin wd40 or kroil and alternate between tightening and loosening. You can also get a bigger bar