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Title: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: ruhaleali on December 02, 2014, 09:37:27 pm

Hi, Guys i have one wheel left to paint my calipers and hubs but two bolts don't budge. Please help, how can I take really tight ones off without a impact wrench can't afford that atm. Thanks :fighting:

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: skard on December 02, 2014, 09:40:15 pm

Put an extension on your wheel wrench - scaffold pipe etc

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: dansmith180 on December 02, 2014, 09:42:40 pm

Brute force is the way. Get a fat friend to jump on the end of the bar or something.

If you really can't get them off yourself then put the wheels back on and take it to a tyre shop and get them to loosen the nuts. Then when you put them back in get some copper grease on them as chances are if they're stuck in that bad they're dry as a bone  :happy2:

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: Andy on December 02, 2014, 09:42:57 pm

As above

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: ruhaleali on December 02, 2014, 09:45:30 pm

Thanks guys I have one rather heavy weight friend lucky he shall be given a bar of chocolate in reward. Thanks for the advice hopefully get this sorted!  :party: love this forum haha

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: anduhchunkymonkey on December 02, 2014, 10:25:59 pm

as above! a good spray of  WD40 and a long pipe on the end of a wrench! We have a 10 foot pipe at work that usually works! If that fails we attach a crane to a length of pipe although I'm guessing you don't have a crane in your garage?   

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: ruhaleali on December 03, 2014, 12:42:38 am

Unfortunately I don't have a crane sir! but the fat friend with chocolate and d40 will do! thanks guys

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: Wash on December 03, 2014, 01:12:28 am

Make sure you get your wheel wrench/spanner etc onto the wheel bolt properly, if you put a lot of force onto the wheel wrench and it's not onto the wheel bolt fully then it will probably slip and you could end up rounding the bolt - really not fun to sort out!

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: Tim@Prestige on December 03, 2014, 09:35:16 am

Let me know what works!

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: jason_rmh on December 03, 2014, 12:30:49 pm

A 24" breaker bar with deep 1/2 inch socket usually works well
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=255216&productId=871139&storeId=10001

Jas

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: ruhaleali on December 06, 2014, 04:44:31 pm

Tim I took it to my mates garage and got him to losen the bolts and it worked a charm managed to paint my calipers rather nicely!

Thanks guys

Title: Re: How to take wheel nuts off! So f**** tight!
Post by: Tim@Prestige on December 08, 2014, 09:11:30 am

Quote from: ruhaleali on December 06, 2014, 04:44:31 pm

Tim I took it to my mates garage and got him to losen the bolts and it worked a charm managed to paint my calipers rather nicely!

Thanks guys

Great, thanks for letting me know :)