cracked lugnuts
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cracked lugnuts
Hey guys. I just bought a camaro and i am about to put some cragars on it. Well a few of the lugnuts that are currently on the truck are either cracked, swollen, or both. I am not sure how to get the lugnuts of. My socket is either to big or to small b/c of these issue.
Does anyone have a little trick to get them off so i can put my new wheels on?
Thanks
Does anyone have a little trick to get them off so i can put my new wheels on?
Thanks
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Re: cracked lugnuts
Swollen lug nuts huh? Better watch where you're sticking your tire iron... ![lmao](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif)
Seriously though, I don't think they can "swell" unless it's just rust on them, in which case I would try to knock off as much as possible, and drive the lug wrench on with a hammer.
Some lugs are actually just a nut, with a chrome cap on it. You could try driving a screw driver into the cap, and see if it punches through. If it does, find a way to get that chrome cap off, and then use your wrench on the nut.
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Seriously though, I don't think they can "swell" unless it's just rust on them, in which case I would try to knock off as much as possible, and drive the lug wrench on with a hammer.
Some lugs are actually just a nut, with a chrome cap on it. You could try driving a screw driver into the cap, and see if it punches through. If it does, find a way to get that chrome cap off, and then use your wrench on the nut.
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Re: cracked lugnuts
well i know its not a cap covering the lug nut. its just a lugnut on there. And maybe its not swollen, but the way it is cracked made the lugnut bigger on the sides than it normaly is. i dunno if i can explain it lol
anyways maybe ill just try and pound an old socket on and wrech it off that way
anyways maybe ill just try and pound an old socket on and wrech it off that way
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Re: cracked lugnuts
cheap chrome lugnuts get rust under the cover/coating and flare out
Just hammer the socket over them
Just hammer the socket over them
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