help, Stuck lug nuts
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help, Stuck lug nuts
Hello all,
Car has sat for a while at least 10 years or maybe more. I am determined to get my girl back on the road for a daily driver as we only have 1 vehicle right now. I have seized/frozen lug nuts on one tire. I am currently doing the suspension and I removed the whole tire along with the spindle caliper and strut attached. We tried the pb blaster and then with a breaker bar, along with a impact gun, nothing is working, the lug nuts are stripping. What would be a way to get these off without messing up the iroc rims. I have also tried heat and failed. Could I try and drill them out somehow.. Any help would be appreciated from the talented folks here...
Next plan would be if anyone has a front passenger side spindle for sale with the backing plate for sale?? want to replace the rotor and calipers anyways, and I have a new set of Iroc rims for her.. This would be my last resort..
Thanks in advance.
Car has sat for a while at least 10 years or maybe more. I am determined to get my girl back on the road for a daily driver as we only have 1 vehicle right now. I have seized/frozen lug nuts on one tire. I am currently doing the suspension and I removed the whole tire along with the spindle caliper and strut attached. We tried the pb blaster and then with a breaker bar, along with a impact gun, nothing is working, the lug nuts are stripping. What would be a way to get these off without messing up the iroc rims. I have also tried heat and failed. Could I try and drill them out somehow.. Any help would be appreciated from the talented folks here...
Next plan would be if anyone has a front passenger side spindle for sale with the backing plate for sale?? want to replace the rotor and calipers anyways, and I have a new set of Iroc rims for her.. This would be my last resort..
Thanks in advance.
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Re: help, Stuck lug nuts
Yup, just drill it. Piece o cake. Start with a small bit, get gradually larger, it'll fall right off with no damage to anything else.
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Re: help, Stuck lug nuts
Drill them like sofa said, or find the tghtest fitting 6 point socket and use the breaker bar with a 3' or better length of pipe on the handle. That will break them loose or break the studs. If it doesn't do anything, use a longer pipe. Either way they will need to be replaced
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Re: help, Stuck lug nuts
great, thanks guys will try to drill them out
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