What have you done to your ride lately?
- Thread starter jdmcq
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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Sold within 20min hitting CL, 5K plus another $500 for delivery.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Damn. I never got to see the ad. As if I needed another project…
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Not my rig, but my friend had a locking lug nut that somehow was WAY over tightened on his jeep. After he tried every method he could to get it off, he called me over with the welder. I tried to hammer and weld on a socket over the problem lug nut twice, but the welds snapped under my full body weight on a 3’ breaker bar. Eventually we determined that the last option was to get a large nut with an inside diameter big enough to slide over the lug nut. That way I could weld inside the nut in addition to around the outside. Then we used the breaker bar with a socket to pop it loose. I have never seen one that overtightened before!
Here are the two sockets….it’s no surprise the welds broke. Doesn’t look like I was getting good penetration.
Here’s the nut welded on and then two pictures of the whole thing when it finally came out.
Here are the two sockets….it’s no surprise the welds broke. Doesn’t look like I was getting good penetration.
Here’s the nut welded on and then two pictures of the whole thing when it finally came out.
Pretty sure I would replace that stud immediately.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I broke a locking lugnut. Broke the little design that the key locks into. I just used a really good set of carbide drill bits and removed it that way. Pilot hole and then bigger and then bigger. Broke right off. No damage to rim or hub. Just replaced the stud and done. Just food for thought.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Lucky he had a new set of wheels so I didn't have to be careful about not splattering the wheel or anything
balakay
BabyMax
Knock as much chrome as possible off of the lugnuts and socket next time. It'll help a bit.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I took a grinder to it and it did work a little better on the second one. Still not great though
Really hoping after these last two weeks I am done wrenching on the 4Runner for a while.
Condolences on the project but congrats on getting one more thing off your plate.
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
What year is that Triumph?
AlienXtx
Nignog
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
My dad has a 18 and a 71. He's been considering selling the 71.
AlienXtx
Nignog
I was looking at a 73 when I bought my Enfield. Kinda wish I would've.
Doooo ettt
AlienXtx
Nignog
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