urgent well semi urgent wheel problem

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:28 pm

#324146

i got the nuts on my wheels dont up so tight i cant even crack em with all my weight em, any suggestions?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:36 pm

#324154

Soak liberally with WD 40

then

Option 1 - breaker bar. If you have a wheel brace slip a long bit of water pipe over one of the cross pieces and heave on that

Option 2 - drive to a local tyre dealer and get them to rattle gun it open for a couple of beers.
Then do it back up with a wheel brace

Futue te ipsum!!!

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:37 pm

#324155

Dang beat me to it!! I was going to same the same thing. Well done ole' chap.

If car is not drivable, may have to borrow a rattle gun from someone??

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1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:39 pm

#324157

take a whole lot of roids? hahaha.. how bout use a big breaker bar against the ground as leverages and go froward or back? or run down the mechanics and get them to loosen them off a bit with a rattle gun..

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1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:39 pm

#324159

damm it! you all beat me to it! i got yas with the roids though! hahaha

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:40 pm

#324160

dammit i wanna rattle gun, will have 2 go the wd and some jumping or bashing or pulling severely, thanks 4 quick replies tho, dont have a bar or nutin, that was the 1st thing i looked 4

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:42 pm

#324166

Is it drivable/registered?

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:44 pm

#324168

registered yes, driveable not really, some wheels off already, and its pouring rain and i dont want 2 have 2 put em on again and dry it off again, can u tell im lazy?

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:47 pm

#324170

1stcarbug wrote:can u tell im lazy?

Yep :thumb

I can pretty much guarantee the frustration/effort of trying to get the remaining nuts off will be more than that to put the other wheels back on and drive down the servo/tyre shop :P But who knows, you might get lucky - may have to build your forearms up over the next few days "some how" and then try again. :o

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 12:51 pm

#324173

nah i aint sleepin till i get em off, any1 got fast acting roidz i could borro, funny how ive never had an issue with havin em up so tight b4

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:23 pm

#324196

also try hitting the end of the spanner while standing on it. the shock can sometimes break the nut loose.

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:28 pm

#324198

who the hell uses a spanner on wheel nuts? i got a massive wheel brace type thing, works on everything else

Chewy Fahrvergnugen

889 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:30 pm

#324199

next time dont do them up so tight, if you get a flat in the middle of nowhere then you are shit creek without a paddle.

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:33 pm

#324202

note 4 u chewy I didnt do em up so tight, usually i got some1 else who tightens em up more but i dont now

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2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:48 pm

#324222

I have a 1/2 inch drive with the correct size socket's for both wheel nuts and the axle nuts. with a 700mm piece of pipe, no wheel nut or axle nut has ever been a problem!! thats why you use a spanner!! (still have a wheel brace the spanner is just for when they are stuck)

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 1:54 pm

#324233

i c, that explains it

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Mar 2005, 8:05 pm

#324500

if you do the bloody things up to tight you WILL distort the disc or drum look at the factory torque its not extension bar tight

Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 8:14 pm

#324508

mate give the nuts/bolts a belt (or a couple of belts) square on the ends with a decent size hammer this sometimes shocks/jars them enough to help loosen them off.
good luck

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 8:55 pm

#324532

I DIDNT DO EM UP SO DAMN TIGHT, the wd40 was sucessful still required a severe amount of effort tho, but damn i want a rattle gun, makes it so much easier

pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 23 Mar 2005, 8:57 pm

#324533

not if u break down on the side of the road it font :duh

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 23 Mar 2005, 9:00 pm

#324535

lol true pyro, unless i have airbag suspension ay? mmm seems more useful now

Starbug rustbag

2,408 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 23 Mar 2005, 9:37 pm

#324581

i find that if i cant get a wheel nut off with heaps of force...
i close my eyes and use heaps of force... closing your eyes works somehow

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karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 23 Mar 2005, 9:56 pm

#324597

Special Air Service wrote:mate give the nuts/bolts a belt (or a couple of belts) square on the ends with a decent size hammer this sometimes shocks/jars them enough to help loosen them off.
good luck

a girl like me uses wd

AND a BIG HAMMER squre on....belt bash bang dunn!

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1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 24 Mar 2005, 11:51 am

#324853

Starbug wrote:i find that if i cant get a wheel nut off with heaps of force...
i close my eyes and use heaps of force... closing your eyes works somehow

visualising!! this works big time with all things!

everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..

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838 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 24 Mar 2005, 2:51 pm

#324952

Use the hammer on the nuts as per SAS and Karmen suggested

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4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 24 Mar 2005, 3:07 pm

#324962

Starbug wrote:i find that if i cant get a wheel nut off with heaps of force...
i close my eyes and use heaps of force... closing your eyes works somehow

Some people try this method when constipated too.

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1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 24 Mar 2005, 3:19 pm

#324969

i sid problem was solved with wd40 but thanks anyway