I’m doing the brakes on the wifey’s car - a 95 grand am, and whoever put the lugs back on it seriously over torqued them. The lug iron with the car fits like crap and me, as impatient as I am, partially stripped them with it. The lugs feel as soft as butter but I managed to get 4 of 5 off by throwing the 12 point 19mm impact socket on them. At this point I just want to get this last one off so I can buy replacement nuts.
Question: how do I remove the last stripped lug nut? what shop will do it quick/cheap if I can’t figure this out tonight?
Buy a cheap socket 1 size smaller (or sacrifice one of yours). Get a good sledge or other hard hammer. Hammer the fuck out of it. You might be able to get the lug out of the socket afterwards using a punch or something, coming in from the wrench end of it.
FTW! Glad it worked. Now spend a bit of time saving it, if it was a decent socket. I didn’t really have an option when I was using my dad’s Snap-on impacts for this type of stuff. Would have gotten quite an ass-whoopin otherwise.
FTW! Glad it worked. Now spend a bit of time saving it, if it was a decent socket. I didn’t really have an option when I was using my dad’s Snap-on impacts for this type of stuff. Would have gotten quite an ass-whoopin otherwise.
