know i cant get OFF
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From: concord ca
know i cant get OFF
i bought a striped nut extactor and got one lug off know i can get the nut out the extactor lol any tips i quessing i shouldnt have pounded it on with a 6 pound short handle sludge
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No pounding needed, just put the lug nut in a vice and clamp it HARD, then turn the extractor tool CLOCKWISE as if you're tightening the nut on the stud with it - those tools only grip on the nut when you turn them counter-clockwise, when you reverse rotation it should let go of the nut rather quick.
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Put the lug nut back on the stud then, the tool should let go of it well before the lugnuts tightens on the wheel and stud - then you use regular pliers to pull the lug nut off again. Unless your studs threads are really galled, in which case you should try to find a vice, maybe borrow one from a neighbor? If you have a Harbor Freight store near you they got some vices that are pretty strong while being fairly cheap at the same time...
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Okay, so threads on the studs are good then - screw the darn thing back on the stud, when the nut touches the wheel and feels some resistance the extractor tool should let go of it, then you grab a pair of big pliers or channel-locks and unscrew the nut back off - like I said, the tool should let go of the nut well before the nut's anywhere as tight on the stud/wheel as it was initially.
Edit: oh heck, if you got channel-locks just grab the nut with them as is, then turn the extractor clockwise while squeezing the channel-locks closed with all you got. If you position the channel-locks onto the square "teeth" on the perimeter of the nut that should give you good enough grip...
Edit: oh heck, if you got channel-locks just grab the nut with them as is, then turn the extractor clockwise while squeezing the channel-locks closed with all you got. If you position the channel-locks onto the square "teeth" on the perimeter of the nut that should give you good enough grip...
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Damn, must be something majorly wrong with me today, as my mind practically lives in the gutter yet I never even caught what he wrote up there... lol
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