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Topic subjectcan anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
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43312, can anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
Posted by eclipse_gs_1512, Mar-23-03 08:49 AM
okay, when i had my stockers put back on for the winter....the assholes put this last lug on way too tight with the impact gun....i've tried everything and i'm starting to get really freaking frustrated!!!!! it's amazing, the one hex head socket that i need...is the one i don't have. anybody have a trick to getting the lugs off???? please help, i need to get this done tonight(without taking the three new ones off again.) tia
43313, RE: can anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
Posted by ghostESiKY, Mar-23-03 09:02 AM
last time i had a lug that was too tight, i broke the whole rivet that sticks out of your rotor. front right wheel where all my torque is, is spinning on 4 lugs. :thumbsup
43314, RE: can anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
Posted by eclipse_gs_1512, Mar-23-03 09:07 AM
d'oh!
43317, RE: can anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
Posted by Ryan_Hes, Mar-23-03 09:21 AM
The best 'safe' method I have found for removing lugs is to put the tire iron over the lug, with the bar coming off the right side. Get your body over it and pull upward on the tire iron slowly gradually putting more and more force into it. This way you can use your legs and shoulders to apply more pressure...

p.s. Do not put the tire iron on it and jump on it to get it off.....2 days ago my friend was taking off lugs and I said "Dude don't jump on it you will break a stud....1 minute later I watch him snap it off...lol
43319, RE: can anybody help me get this last lug off??? help please!!!!!
Posted by eclipse_gs_1512, Mar-23-03 10:15 AM
i finally got it off!!!! it was a pain in the ass and i def. pulled a bunch of muscles in my back(damn, i sound like i'm old)...but it was worth all the trouble.

*solution to getting the lug off...for anybody that encounters this problem in the future*

swab the very back of the lug with a rust dissolving solution. let it sit for a minute or two and then try and remove it with the wrench/socket.

thanks to the guys that left me some ideas!!