@easyfix I'm on the side of the road with a blowout. I've got a socket, it is too big for my lugs. Is there a way to make it smaller? So that I can do exactly what you're doing there.
@@honeyhendricks9140 see about getting someone to stop maybe their wrench is the appropriate size. Hope for a cop perhaps he does. If you're going to buy a car make sure it's got a good spare and an appropriate lug wrench. Or buy a 1/2 inch breaker bar and appropriate size impact socket or socket set ( buying a socket set means you can also help others when it is safe to do so. Which is what I have -besides my 3000 Watt inverter and electric impact wrench 😊.)
Thank you thank you...I was on my chevy impala rear tire rim and couldn't use anything...like you nothing worked I even heated it off and on for 1 hour did nothing but stripped out the nut...so I did the drilling in the center like you showed and it eventually came out...I always use some type of lubricant for any bolts I put on the car like antiseize but someone before I bought it over tightened it bad bad..so thank you..❤
I tried a set of the lug nut extractor sockets and it worked like a charm. All 6 were stubborn, but was able to get 5 of them off. The 6th one stripped out. Spent 2 days trying to get it off then found out about these sockets. Got it off in a few minutes. I was glad Harbor Freight had them.
Thanks for the video. 3/4 drive wrench with the 1/2 drive adapter with GEARWRENCH Bolt Biter socket finally worked for me. My only modification to your solution was that I held the wrench, adapter, socket on and I need my wife to spin the handle with the extension (2-person job). I did break a 1/2 drive breaker bar first so the suggestion to upgrade to the 3/4 drive did the trick for me. I couldn't believe the size of the 3/4 drive but after I broke the 1/2 drive the suggest was welcomed. Thanks.
Nice work! I am glad you got it. Sometimes these lugs are so stubborn its a flip of the coin wether they loosen. The 1/2" breaker bars seem strong until a longer lever is added, then they snap like butter 😂. I have yet to snap a 3/4" breaker bar or Ratchet, they have served me well 😃🔧
Thank you so much! I ordered these extractors earlier as I cannot, for the life of me, get the wheel off of my 4 series. I've tried Wd-40, a galvanized steel pole as a breaker bar for my ratchet, and I was just about to attempt heat, (and probably light myself on fire, lol)!!! I've broken a socket and an extension so far and no luck. I recently took it for new brakes and rotors and they failed to replace the brake sensor so that's my current project. Thank you for suggesting the torque wrench and no heat! If these extractors aren't here soon, I'm going to attempt the smaller socket since I'm pretty sure they're stripped! Your video is extremely helpful! Thank you again!!
No problem glad to help! My goal is to avoid heat at all costs. There will be some damage to the wheel with heat no matter what- so i use it as the last method. Lug nuts and studs are such a pain sometimes. After extra leverage fails, i go for the twist sockets and usually those work for me 80% of the time. After that i drill in an attempt to save most all parts except the lug nut and lug stud 😀🔧
I have a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500. WalMart is the only place my truck has ever been for tire work. Went in for a rotation and they rounded off 4 on the first tire they tried. Told me "someone" got them too tight. I told them, Yea...you ! They said they don't put them on too tight and they can't do anything for me. I worked my way up the ladder of folks with WalMart until finally someone from corporate called me and basically said, Tough poop. So......now I have to take it to a truck shop and get the darn things removed and tires rotated. I hope there's another option out there to buy different lugs, because I don't want the same things put back on. Great video. I'm just not set up with the right tools and physically can't do it. Still a great video, thank you.
I hear ya. That sucks. I would buy new lugs, rotate them myself if you could, and hope you never have to go back to them. The lug nuts have a lot of corrosion issues and problems and its best to replace preemptively but no one likes to do it because thats expensive too!
You, Walmart & this Channel have ALL diagnosed the problem completely WRONG. The issue is NOT over tightening lug nuts, that just dont make sense when you think about it. The issue is a fusion of the lug nut to the alloy due to a galling reaction. Notice the threads ALL look fine, anti seize was used (but in the wrong place). What U want to do is fit a deep socket on lug the hit it fairly hard with a dead blow hammer. This should shock the fusion of the taper on the lag to the wheel. Then when reinstalling put the anti seize not just on the threads but on that tapered cone part of the lug nut. After hitting with a hammer a 12" ratchet will back out the lug nut I promise.
@@aussiehardwood6196ok I’m gonna Google galling. 64 year old female DIYOURSELFER here. DONT JUDGE MY Dad will come out of his grave. Walmart would not fix my flat because they said my tread too low. They were afraid to be sued by Lexus if I have problems. This for a 2010 Rx350 w/53k.. That all my tread levels needed to be exact. Told me to buy new tires. I have been sick. Not really driven. Spare been on 1k miles. Embarrassed 9 months. Bought 2 excellent preowned Michelins. Grading tires is a whole nether world. Was actually going to have Walmart put them on this week. Then ran over a curb with the spare at Walmart getting groceries. I didn’t know it was going flat… Till I walked to my car 2 days later. I live 4 minutes from Wally World. I felt like an idiot. Now it’s deflated. It was knocked off the bead? This terminology is killing me. I watched 25 videos on this alone. No holes or puncture. 2 days of trying the Lug nuts will not come off. Will not. I have lots of tools. And option to borrow some tomorrow. I’m attempting WD-40. Blunt hammer and leverage tonight. Possibly my plumbing wrench. I want to try to do this on my own… first. Before I ask a big strong dude… or roadside service. I’m suffering from low self esteem. It would do me good to get this tire changed. Help me. ❤
Just want to say thank you. After watching your video I had a better understanding of what I needed to do. I purchased all I needed such as drill bits (glad I got 2), studs, stud install tool... I had the rest. Before trying this method I used everything I could imagine to try and undo what some pinhead messed up. It was at the body shop for a bit and they gunned on one wheel so friggin hard and for some reason all the nuts were swollen. I managed to get all off except one. I used your method and it worked pissah. I tried using a bolt extractor set from THINKWORK I purchased from Amazon for $33 bucks. That set worked so well that it snapped the lug off at the base so the only option I had left was to drill. I was impressed how well the extractor bit into the nut and didn't continue to round it off like every other attempt I made. Grabbed my Dewalt corded drill and went to town. Took me about an hour in my driveway to get the wheel off. Had I not watched your video, I most likely would have destroyed the rim with a torch first.
Excellent! I am glad i could help and glad you got it done. It is always a pain when this stuff happens for me too. But it is just nuts and bolts and all you can do is keep working at it sometimes. With some knowledge, concepts, safety, patients, elbow grease and tools it usually can be repaired over time 😃🔧
@@lucky4u697 I used a titanium metal bit which I purchased at Lowes, you can get them at Home Depot as well. . I suggest getting 2 or 3 bits and using a drill with a bubble level on the top. I used my corded Dewalt because I wanted the consistent power and not have to change batteries. Also, use plenty of penetrating oil to keep the bit cool so you don't burn it out. Good luck..
This is the best of the BEST videos about brake job! I will do that on my Journey 2013 my dumb mechanic overtightened the nuts they are stuck as hell ! Thank you
Driving a few hundred meters with the brakes on heats the hub really hot and makes it MUCH easier to loosen any nut - knocks a tiny bit of life off the pads but a very sweet trick to try!
Interesting. I haven't ever tried that. Heat is a very useful tool for fasteners. It could warp a rotor if it gets too hot. But, it is an interesting idea, especially in a pinch 😀🔧
Thanks for the info! I'm stranded in a neighborhood street because my lug nuts sheared off and my tire fell off leaving stubs. Towing hm will cost more than 300$. Hopefully your tips and video will help.
I added a link in the description for some 18.5mm/19.5mm/21.5mm/22.5mm socket sets if anyone is interested. My apologies for no including a demonstration of those sockets in the video 🙃
Please help how do I remove a lug bolt? My wife’s car Jeep Compass 2018 has lug bolts not nuts, and I’ve used inpack drill and even an air impact at a tire shop and nothing!!!!!
That was my next idea cause mine is chewed all the way back to the rim so did you put a oversized socket in the hole and just beat it with a hammer until it breaks up?
Had the most stubborn 17mm lug nut on a Mini. Owner stripped it a bit. Tried my Milwaukee impact, nut wouldn't budge (also tried a brief tightening), so I sprayed wth PB, heated (no damage), and tried the hammer the flanged nut with a socket to break wayyyy overtightened and rusted lug. Nope. Tried an impact driver with a 17mm extractor nut. Like you, broke 3/8" ratchet, breaker bar (Snap-on), and extractor socket with pipe-leverage. Had to try 3/8" because 17mm 1/2 drive was slipping and only then had a 3/8" 17mm and 16mm, and extractor (didn't break this extractor but it spun off. Didn't have all my tools (especially cobalt bits) so I had to admit defeat (1st time). Owner brought it to a shop and they got the lug off, changed the damaged tire but did not put a new lug back on that stud? I called and asked how they got it off but manager didn't know? Wasted 2 hours on this. Broke four tools (#4 was an impact stepdown adapter).
Oh my! Sometimes these are incredibly difficult like yours. Drilling seems to be the easy answer for me after i try a couple of the easy methods in the video and fail. Good job trying to sort it all out 🍻
If you're down to one lug nut left and the weight is on the rim the way you had it, it will be putting an enormous amount of uneven force on the rim and the last nut.
Correct. Never drive without all the lug nuts. The center bore on the wheel also supports the wheel to the wheel hub/bearing. I was doing this temporarily while the repair for the vehicle was underway because the lugs where so stuck so badly😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaunIf you turn the wheel so that the stubborn fastener is at the top, it reduces this pressure and makes it easier to remove. Also, re-installing the ones that you removed, torqued more or less correctly, takes load off the stubborn one and makes it easier to remove.
2017 Ford Escape. This is my first situation with swollen lug nuts so I've been researching and using trial and error. I ordered an impact driver from amazon but it was damaged. I'm hoping to get a driver that works as well as a good model for my situation. I'm also looking to get a torque wrench. Strange thing, 19.5mm fits 4 of the nuts but the top one still seems to big for that one but the 20mm seems too big.
04 Lexus Rx, 21mm Acorn Lug, which were replaced about 5yrs ago with Dorman replacement. Of course, someone overtightened the lugs, and damaged the chrome cover. Cover has come off. Super stuck
Oh no that sucks! You might benefit from the half size sockets. I put some links for them in the description. They work great and fit the sockets when the covers come off. Can be of use. The twist sockets are amazing. I try those before i start destroying things. They work really great and have saved me so many times i cant even count 😀🔧
Sometimes they can be more difficult for sure. Access to the wheel hub is usually the key. As long as you can gain access, the little installer tool has made them a breeze for me 😃🔧
@@EasyFixShaun Yeah. Good luck trying to do the same with a Honda. Their hubs are pressed in and most of their knuckles lack clearance to push the stud out without chopping it or push it in without shaving one side.
@@aurvaroy6670 For sure. If clearance and access is bad, Replacement of wheel bearing and hub could be much easier and faster and/or the only way. Studs are cheap relatively speaking, and when there is no clearance it changes the cost and difficulty and pia factor fo sho!
Me and my dad have a machine shop for heavy equipment, when ever we do any lathe work on softer steel we get some that are over 50 feet long or using the mill you can make extremely long shavings. But that's a bad thing because it can cut you open and potentially cut parts off you.
Great video. Would a 3/8” breaker bar work on a small car like a Ford Focus with a 18 mm socket working on a worn down 19 mm lug nut which has lost its shape and is very rusty? Or is it too risky?
2014 Chrysler 200 …. VERY IRRITATING. Thank you for making this video. Your suggestions have helped ALOT. Tires plus is an absolute joke, used an impact to tighten my lugs after new tires & the worst part is they told me they did it.
Sorry you are having trouble. Your Chrysler Lug nuts are very difficult in general when they get older and corroded. Sometimes replacement of all the lug nuts at the same time is easiest 🔧🔧
Can you tell me what type/brand of drill bits you used for the job? I have antitheft lug nuts on my Grand Caravan and I lost the key. I managed to remove 3 of them pretty easy with the bolt-bite tool but one is stuck and won't come out. I tried to jam the bolt bite socket so hard, it cracked. I started drilling as last resort and for me it's a very slow and frustrating process. I used a very small high speed steel drill bit and that one went through very easy. However, trying to enlarge the hole with larger drill bits is a pain in the butt. I estimate I have 2 more cm left to drill but it's gonna take me a few days at the pace it's going right now.
You didn't catch the part where he drilled a little then dipped bit into oil and started again. Dont let drill bit get hot it tempers the steel ,gets soft and goes dull. Every 20 seconds or so dip in water or oil to keep bit sharp.
My nut has sheered with the wheel on, not the stud or the thread but exactly where you pointed out at the beginning of the video. So I have no nut to get a socket on. Any way to remove it?
Great question! Twist Socket set at the end of the video will do the trick. They are amazing. Pound it on as hard as you can. It will grip and take it right off in almost every case. Let me know how it goes 😃
What type of drill bit did you use? I've been left with having to drill out a stud after a splined nut stripped and then snapped in half using extractor tools. I've burned up 3 brand new milwaukee carbide and titanium bits and only got 1/4" into the stud.
All of the methods should still work. There is a possibility of needing a wheel hub if damaged when drilling. The hub could also have the bolt seized in it once you drill far enough to release the wheel, making hub replacement also necessary. Basically you would need a new wheel bearing and hub assembly. But you should be able to save the wheel with the methods at the very least 😀🔧
Got 1 off with the twist socket, now I guess I'm going to be drilling out the other 2 I have never had so much trouble getting lug. Nuts off before?I don't know what they're doing with these jeeps. Mine's an 06 commander, and i'm just at my witz.End with this thing
Great video, learned alot Can anyone recomend new nuts for my 09 challenger plz? The original keeps breaking, the aluminum caps (right word?) just spins on the nut now had to break 2 of them just to get the wheels off
See if you can find a one piece nut to replace the two piece nuts. One piece may corroded faster than two piece but removing and installing the one piece should work better. Pros and Cons...
See how did your drilling go that easy, I just spent a whole day and multiple garages with Robert only got like 2 millimeters, he had same double handle drill I see in video, got looks like same drill bits to, but nothing happened. Any ideas?!?
Im not sure. I used a new drill bit. It was a cobalt brand bit. I put a link in the description fir the bits i used. Your stud may have a different metallurgy too. You should be able to drill out just about any stud though with a sharp but, but you may need to stop and sharpen it during the process. Sorry your having trouble. I would also say the two handed drill bit isn't needed. Its just what i had at the time that the larger drill bit would fit into. Any size drill should work just about. Its just a matter of bit fitment.
My lug nut wrench couldn't handle my stuck lug nuts so I ended up finally buying a 25" breaker bar along with a 18 mm deep impact socket and an additional 4' extension bar. After seeing what happened at 2:45 I avoided using cheap short sockets of which I had many. I did also spray some WD-40 type lubricant on/around the nut the day before. I then pushed hard about 10 times and with a distinctive crack finally got it to move - it was stuck on real bad as though someone had welded it on. How the @#$? does this happen? Anyway, thanks for this informative, useful video! 25" breaker bar - Harbor Freight Tools $18 18 mm impact socket - Advance Auto Parts $7 19 mm impact socket - Harbor Freight Tools $4 4' Scrap metal bar extension - free
Excellent comment I'm glad you got it sorted out! Lug nuts seem to create this phenomenon frequently and I'm not sure why. Its more common on older cars so i think it's related to corrosion on the nuts/studs/wheels/or hubs. Or maybe it's all the dissimilar metals bolts together in That spot. Or maybe it's that the lug nuts are too tight. Or maybe all of these things. I have no idea 😂
Is the farther out you are with the breaker bar does it give you more torque? I have a 2012 jag I’m working on. Let my brother help me with this car and apparently he thinks forward on a compact takes the lug nuts off and if not keep going until the lug nut is completely ROUND! Ima try a chisel and a hammer hitting it on the side hopefully turning the nut well so says the triple OG in the 53.. let me know if anyone knows if this technique works porfavor
Yes the longer the lever, the more leverage/torque you will have. Sorry you rounded the lug nut. I would buy the twist sockets in the video. They have saved me many many times in situations like yours with rounded lug nuts. I put lots of links in the description for video tool ideas. Here is the link for that twist socket set for stripped lug nut removal 😃🔧 TWIST Socket kit: amzn.to/3jps8K3
Working on my dads 2006 Chrysler Sebring, been sitting for about a year and a half and the battery is dead so gotta change it. In Chrysler engineering wisdom they put the battery in the driver side fender, so have to take the wheel off to get to it. Managed to get 3 out of the 5 lug nuts off but ended up stripping 2 with a 3/4” impact socket. Would you recommend the fluted sockets to get them off?
nice video,,, what type of bit did you use??.. cobalt or carbide??? I first used a set of titanium but 5 hrs later and using a 1/2 bit still didn't work, I think 95% of the lug nut has been drilled off
Cobalt. They seem to work really well. I have since sharpened a few of them and they are still working great for other projects. Man you are really working hard on that. Sorry it didn't go quicker for you. Its good to take your time though and still to not hit the wheel. Usually the weight of the wheel will make it pretty much fall off the hub once 100% through the portion holding onto the nut.
Once he said it was a Dodge at all made sense. I’m working with the same crap lugnuts on my Challenger. Love the car but dodge and their quality control is horrible
I have a 2018 dodge ram. Have a lock lug nut I can't get off. I have 3 keys I used to try to get it off but it keeps snapping, all lug nuts are snug in tight but the locked lug nuts my main concern. Any idea on how to remove it without a key?
I would try twist sockets. They are my go to tool when in your situation. They work fantastic and usually work. They also will cause no damage except to the lug nut or lock key nut 😃 amzn.to/44R877g
I put some links in the description for the drill bit kit I use. Any high quality drill bit should work great if you don't have time to order. A drill bit sharpener can even make a lesser quality drill but work for the job. Although you may need to sharpen a few times along the way during the process😀🔧
In that case I would go straight to drilling the stud method. I would probably loosen the other nuts that are good so that I could put some pressure on the one bad nut with the wheel stopping it from turning so that I can drill the nut. Might need some additional methods to stop the lug from spinning, but I would spend time trying to figure out how to do that. If it doesn't work the next step might be cutting off the lug in one way or another😃🔧
working on 2017 nissan versa note car 🚗 tried to remove nuts when changing brake pads with torque wrench but the nuts weren't coming off and now are bent a bit from the original six face shape to more circular form. any advice? thanks
I would replace the nuts even if they are still functional so they don't cause worse problems the next time they are removed. Are they stuck on, and you can not remove them? Or you removed them, and they are now just damaged?
Sorry to hear that. I think the twist sockets in the video would be my next attempt. I would pound them onto the affected lug nut really good before attempting removal. Impacts work best with the twist sockets if you have one 😀🔧
I got the 1/2" drive, 25" breaker bar from Harbor Freight Tools (on sale this week $16.99 + tax with coupon). Also got a 6' fence pole. But I have a regular 11/16" (7.46 mm) short socket 1/2" which I was going to hammer on but now I'm afraid it's not going to work after watching this video. If I try this first, will it mess up the lug nut further so the other methods (impact socket or extractor) won't work later? Thanks
Its worth a shot! Use what you have so far. Many times pounding on a smaller socket trick will work. If it doesn't work, usually the twist socket will still bite into whats left and work. I have more options available. I usually go straight for the twist sockets in most cases 😀🔧
If the smaller 11/16” socket won’t work and gets stuck on the lug nut, is there a way to get it off the car? I don’t see how you can get it off if it’s short like that. I did see in you video that it broke apart at one point however, but what if it just stays on? 2:45 Would removing it damage the lug nut enough that any further efforts would be harder?
If the lug nut is impossible to get off, you don't have much to loose. Pounding it on gives it extra grip to hopefully remove it. If it doesn't work a long 18" 1/2" extension could be used to wiggle and force the socket off again. That is what I would usually do. If it works, a punch and vise or block of wood will likely be needed to pound the nut out of the socket 😃
@@EasyFixShaun regular lug nuts have a seat like 60 degrees mine have a 1/4 inch piece that extends past the seat into the wheel. Just looks like a sleeve. Wish I could should a pick. 20 ET Conical Bulge Long Lug Nuts 7/16"-20 with Center Washers 0.33" Shank 0.62" Dia 1.75" Length Look these up. Every one of the sleeves broke off on the stud.
I think i showed it in the video. It is 1 or 2 sizes less than the stud size. Undersizing will help to not hit the wheel and damage it. The wheel hole is just barely larger than the stud to fit over it. Could start small like 1/4" and work up larger sizes also as an option. Once the bit is 50% or more larger than the stud it will be significantly weakened and wiggling the wheel may even be able to break it and release the wheel 😀🔧
Sorry to hear that. Is the hex fastener in great shape? If so I would use as a long of a lever as possible to make it easy to break it free. Or borrow a milwaukee electric fuel impact from someone. They will take things off easily or break them if they won't move. 🤓🔧
For 1/2"-3/4" adaptors? Any will do usually. They are so big and have so much metal i find that are inherently very strong. I use cheap ones. Ive never broken one 😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaun I live in San antonio so there's all these Mexican tire shops around. I"m going to take it there to see if they can get them off and put all new lug nuts on.
stuck? Can you get a bolt buster style heat element on it? If you have enough access that would make the nut glow red hot to release and remove with damaging the wheel. If that doesn't work drilling is a good method to attempt to save wheel 😃
That sucks. I think I ended up having a similar problem. One lug nut just wouldn't come off, no matter what I did. I tried hard to get it loose too! The drill ended up coming out and removed it pretty well for me 😃🔧
I have a lug nut on a Jaguar 2012 That has been tightened extremely tight I have had AAA I've had a tire place try to take it with the reverse thingamajig as well and it still won't come off please advise any other things you can possibly think of as well I'm not sure if they use the tool that you have but they did have something similar to it where it would do the reverse on it and try to unlock it please advise I'm in Los Angeles
Hey John, I am sorry for the late reply. Any luck? If you want to save the wheel and all methods are exhausted I usually drill the wheel lug nut until i can remove the wheel like in the video. Then I repair the damaged stud and nut and check all others while there 😃🔧
Thank you so much for your reply I greatly appreciate it. After so many people came by the house to try to get it off finally a young man came by $200 later unfortunately and he drilled it off it's a little damaged but it looks like I can still save the stem and put the lug nut back on. Unfortunately he wouldn't test out all the other lug nuts to see if they were tight but he refused
@@EasyFixShaun I'm going to try a fresh new 6point impact socket first with a breaker bar and a couple shims if the socket don't work on the bolts flat spots if not a next size smaller and a hammer
@@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc Thats a great idea. I have had luck pounding on a socket that is one half size smaller also. I put a link in the description for half size sockets sets. I can not find a 16.5mm that you could try but here is a link to a set I have. You may be able to search for the 16.5 for your application. 😃🔧amzn.to/3Kottza
@@EasyFixShaun I tried a 16mm wen on and rounded more even used heat but no go I'm just gonna put in a garage now doing my head in but thanks for ut help man
@@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc No prob. I would try twist socket next. They are magical. If that doesn't work you are probably looking at drilling it out to save the wheel from damage 😃🔧
Oh man I'm sorry to hear that. You have your work cut out for you. Probably wont be fun, but it is doable to save the wheel if you plan it out and are carefull 😀🔧
Where are you located. I would like to hire you to work on my 5th wheel trailer rim and lug nut replacement. The nuts and the rim holes have clad over nuts and metal inserts in the rim holes.
OK? What if I'm on the side of the road? And I don't have those tools. I have a socket that is too big. How do I make it smaller? I need a hack and I need it now.
@Easy Fix I tried some cobalt drill buts but couldn't seem to get anywhere with them. I ended up buying an angle grinder, which quickly split the nut, then I broke the two halves off with my hammer.
@Easy Fix not really, aside from some paint scratches from tools scraping against it, and a small, shallow nick of about 2mm where the cutting disc briefly touched it. I put some touchup paint on those parts.
hello, can i go straight to drilling the lug nut with drill bit? because today was gonna rotate my wheels but when i was loosening the last lug nut it just stopped. and i didnt want to force it so i think this is my best solution. i have done this but i dont know what else to do.
Those lug nuts look like someone put grease on the lug threads. If so you should never lube the lug threads because you can way over torque the nuts/bolts, grease has a problem with "drying out" and it loses its lubricating ability. Put the lug on too tight or even to what you think you normally put them on and you're either going to have a b of a time getting them off or not at all. This comes from the personal experience of a 16 year old me. (I'm now 73, older and much wiser.) Noting though i figured out how to finally get them off the easy way. Drive rig until offending lug is at bottom. Place breaker bar with appropriately sized socket. Place bar handle on ground or block(s) drive rig in appropriate direction. For right hand thread this means on the right side the bar handle is forward and you drive forward. On left bar handle is back and you drive backwards. Much easier letting horses do the work than my back. (But each to his own 😂) Note too that an impact imparts rotary force where as a bar imparts side force and can break the stud/bolt.
@@EasyFixShaun have a second "fix" that I've used several times and have instructed several others on. You remove all the lugs... and the wheel refuses to come off ☹️. Hard way: sit on your butt and kick the p out of it, use bar... get pssd, cuss a lot, cry some, sob. OR easy way: put lugs back on then back them off one turn or a bit more. Lower car. Drive forward 15 feet, stomp brakes. Nothing? Drive back stomp brakes. Do that again etc. until you hear Clunk. Wheel has broke loose. Jack back up, remove wheel. Once again use horsepower 😊
I have a Mac guard locking lug nut that I can get off because it was over torque I went through four keys call Matthew guard they sent out a kit had to give my deposit that goes over the lock and guide the drill bit that they send out and they sent out three Cobalt bits. Each one bigger than the last. The first did great the other 2 won't cut at all. What do you recommend. I am ready to cut my trim off. I haven't used my car in 9 months. Would carbide cut?
I already started drilling because it is a locking lug bolt. It has smooth outer edges in fact it actually has a ring so you cannot grab it with anything. I can try though
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@easyfix I'm on the side of the road with a blowout. I've got a socket, it is too big for my lugs. Is there a way to make it smaller? So that I can do exactly what you're doing there.
@@honeyhendricks9140 see about getting someone to stop maybe their wrench is the appropriate size. Hope for a cop perhaps he does. If you're going to buy a car make sure it's got a good spare and an appropriate lug wrench. Or buy a 1/2 inch breaker bar and appropriate size impact socket or socket set ( buying a socket set means you can also help others when it is safe to do so. Which is what I have -besides my 3000 Watt inverter and electric impact wrench 😊.)
This is by far the best video I've seen so far on lug nut removal. Thank you so much.
Wow, thanks! Really appreciate that and I hope it helped you out 😃🔧
Thank you thank you...I was on my chevy impala rear tire rim and couldn't use anything...like you nothing worked I even heated it off and on for 1 hour did nothing but stripped out the nut...so I did the drilling in the center like you showed and it eventually came out...I always use some type of lubricant for any bolts I put on the car like antiseize but someone before I bought it over tightened it bad bad..so thank you..❤
That's great to hear it worked! It's crazy how much overtightening a lug nut can mess things up.
I tried a set of the lug nut extractor sockets and it worked like a charm. All 6 were stubborn, but was able to get 5 of them off. The 6th one stripped out. Spent 2 days trying to get it off then found out about these sockets. Got it off in a few minutes. I was glad Harbor Freight had them.
Awsome!! 😀😀
i tried that tool and it broke the front half of the nut off smh
Mission complete...... did you have to do some drilling?
Encounter this today and used the fence post on a 3/4 inch wrench strategy and it worked like a charm
Outstanding! I am glad that helped out. I was bummed I needed to drill mine out. Sometimes it takes a few extra steps. You got really lucky 😃😃
Thanks for the video. 3/4 drive wrench with the 1/2 drive adapter with GEARWRENCH Bolt Biter socket finally worked for me. My only modification to your solution was that I held the wrench, adapter, socket on and I need my wife to spin the handle with the extension (2-person job). I did break a 1/2 drive breaker bar first so the suggestion to upgrade to the 3/4 drive did the trick for me. I couldn't believe the size of the 3/4 drive but after I broke the 1/2 drive the suggest was welcomed. Thanks.
Nice work! I am glad you got it. Sometimes these lugs are so stubborn its a flip of the coin wether they loosen. The 1/2" breaker bars seem strong until a longer lever is added, then they snap like butter 😂. I have yet to snap a 3/4" breaker bar or Ratchet, they have served me well 😃🔧
I used a 3/8", snapped right off 😢
Thank you so much! I ordered these extractors earlier as I cannot, for the life of me, get the wheel off of my 4 series. I've tried Wd-40, a galvanized steel pole as a breaker bar for my ratchet, and I was just about to attempt heat, (and probably light myself on fire, lol)!!! I've broken a socket and an extension so far and no luck. I recently took it for new brakes and rotors and they failed to replace the brake sensor so that's my current project. Thank you for suggesting the torque wrench and no heat! If these extractors aren't here soon, I'm going to attempt the smaller socket since I'm pretty sure they're stripped! Your video is extremely helpful! Thank you again!!
No problem glad to help! My goal is to avoid heat at all costs. There will be some damage to the wheel with heat no matter what- so i use it as the last method. Lug nuts and studs are such a pain sometimes. After extra leverage fails, i go for the twist sockets and usually those work for me 80% of the time. After that i drill in an attempt to save most all parts except the lug nut and lug stud 😀🔧
I have a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500. WalMart is the only place my truck has ever been for tire work. Went in for a rotation and they rounded off 4 on the first tire they tried. Told me "someone" got them too tight. I told them, Yea...you ! They said they don't put them on too tight and they can't do anything for me. I worked my way up the ladder of folks with WalMart until finally someone from corporate called me and basically said, Tough poop. So......now I have to take it to a truck shop and get the darn things removed and tires rotated. I hope there's another option out there to buy different lugs, because I don't want the same things put back on. Great video. I'm just not set up with the right tools and physically can't do it. Still a great video, thank you.
I hear ya. That sucks. I would buy new lugs, rotate them myself if you could, and hope you never have to go back to them. The lug nuts have a lot of corrosion issues and problems and its best to replace preemptively but no one likes to do it because thats expensive too!
You, Walmart & this Channel have ALL diagnosed the problem completely WRONG. The issue is NOT over tightening lug nuts, that just dont make sense when you think about it. The issue is a fusion of the lug nut to the alloy due to a galling reaction. Notice the threads ALL look fine, anti seize was used (but in the wrong place). What U want to do is fit a deep socket on lug the hit it fairly hard with a dead blow hammer. This should shock the fusion of the taper on the lag to the wheel. Then when reinstalling put the anti seize not just on the threads but on that tapered cone part of the lug nut. After hitting with a hammer a 12" ratchet will back out the lug nut I promise.
@@aussiehardwood6196ok I’m gonna Google galling. 64 year old female DIYOURSELFER here. DONT JUDGE MY Dad will come out of his grave. Walmart would not fix my flat because they said my tread too low. They were afraid to be sued by Lexus if I have problems. This for a 2010 Rx350 w/53k.. That all my tread levels needed to be exact. Told me to buy new tires. I have been sick. Not really driven. Spare been on 1k miles. Embarrassed 9 months. Bought 2 excellent preowned Michelins. Grading tires is a whole nether world. Was actually going to have Walmart put them on this week. Then ran over a curb with the spare at Walmart getting groceries. I didn’t know it was going flat… Till I walked to my car 2 days later. I live 4 minutes from Wally World. I felt like an idiot. Now it’s deflated. It was knocked off the bead? This terminology is killing me. I watched 25 videos on this alone. No holes or puncture.
2 days of trying the Lug nuts will not come off. Will not. I have lots of tools. And option to borrow some tomorrow. I’m attempting WD-40. Blunt hammer and leverage tonight. Possibly my plumbing wrench. I want to try to do this on my own… first. Before I ask a big strong dude… or roadside service. I’m suffering from low self esteem. It would do me good to get this tire changed. Help me. ❤
Just want to say thank you. After watching your video I had a better understanding of what I needed to do. I purchased all I needed such as drill bits (glad I got 2), studs, stud install tool... I had the rest. Before trying this method I used everything I could imagine to try and undo what some pinhead messed up. It was at the body shop for a bit and they gunned on one wheel so friggin hard and for some reason all the nuts were swollen. I managed to get all off except one. I used your method and it worked pissah. I tried using a bolt extractor set from THINKWORK I purchased from Amazon for $33 bucks. That set worked so well that it snapped the lug off at the base so the only option I had left was to drill. I was impressed how well the extractor bit into the nut and didn't continue to round it off like every other attempt I made. Grabbed my Dewalt corded drill and went to town. Took me about an hour in my driveway to get the wheel off. Had I not watched your video, I most likely would have destroyed the rim with a torch first.
Excellent! I am glad i could help and glad you got it done. It is always a pain when this stuff happens for me too. But it is just nuts and bolts and all you can do is keep working at it sometimes. With some knowledge, concepts, safety, patients, elbow grease and tools it usually can be repaired over time 😃🔧
What type of drill bit is that?
@@lucky4u697 I used a titanium metal bit which I purchased at Lowes, you can get them at Home Depot as well. . I suggest getting 2 or 3 bits and using a drill with a bubble level on the top. I used my corded Dewalt because I wanted the consistent power and not have to change batteries. Also, use plenty of penetrating oil to keep the bit cool so you don't burn it out. Good luck..
This is the best of the BEST videos about brake job! I will do that on my Journey 2013 my dumb mechanic overtightened the nuts they are stuck as hell ! Thank you
Glad it helped you out! Stuck lug nuts are super frustrating 😃🔧🔧
Awuesome info never knew about the drill method last resort great info thank you so much!
You're welcome!
I had not thought about drilling it out. Thanks for the video
No problem! Helps save the wheel usually 😃🔧
Driving a few hundred meters with the brakes on heats the hub really hot and makes it MUCH easier to loosen any nut - knocks a tiny bit of life off the pads but a very sweet trick to try!
Interesting. I haven't ever tried that. Heat is a very useful tool for fasteners. It could warp a rotor if it gets too hot. But, it is an interesting idea, especially in a pinch 😀🔧
You the best in the business! Thank you much
Thank you! Glad to help!
Thanks for the info! I'm stranded in a neighborhood street because my lug nuts sheared off and my tire fell off leaving stubs. Towing hm will cost more than 300$. Hopefully your tips and video will help.
Oh my! Ya the stud installer is your best option. Will need new studs and lug nuts most likely. Good luck on your project 😀🔧
The pieces inside the socket are called the flutes. Genius video!
This video was an orchestra of tools to remove those stubborn flute lug nuts! Thank you 😃🔧
That was the best video ever I've seen about this issue.
It was very enlightening.
Thanks for posting this video.
No way! Thanks a lot!! Glad to help 😀😀🔧
That's some good info! I use similar techniques as well as oversize sockets. 19.5mm, 21.5mm etc for the rusty swollen ones.
Thanks man. That’s an awsome way to do it!! 😀
I added a link in the description for some 18.5mm/19.5mm/21.5mm/22.5mm socket sets if anyone is interested. My apologies for no including a demonstration of those sockets in the video 🙃
Please help how do I remove a lug bolt? My wife’s car Jeep Compass 2018 has lug bolts not nuts, and I’ve used inpack drill and even an air impact at a tire shop and nothing!!!!!
That was my next idea cause mine is chewed all the way back to the rim so did you put a oversized socket in the hole and just beat it with a hammer until it breaks up?
I might try the twist sockets. Those work really good. If those don't work probably need to drill out to save the wheel 😀🔧
Had the most stubborn 17mm lug nut on a Mini. Owner stripped it a bit. Tried my Milwaukee impact, nut wouldn't budge (also tried a brief tightening), so I sprayed wth PB, heated (no damage), and tried the hammer the flanged nut with a socket to break wayyyy overtightened and rusted lug. Nope. Tried an impact driver with a 17mm extractor nut. Like you, broke 3/8" ratchet, breaker bar (Snap-on), and extractor socket with pipe-leverage. Had to try 3/8" because 17mm 1/2 drive was slipping and only then had a 3/8" 17mm and 16mm, and extractor (didn't break this extractor but it spun off. Didn't have all my tools (especially cobalt bits) so I had to admit defeat (1st time). Owner brought it to a shop and they got the lug off, changed the damaged tire but did not put a new lug back on that stud? I called and asked how they got it off but manager didn't know? Wasted 2 hours on this. Broke four tools (#4 was an impact stepdown adapter).
Oh my! Sometimes these are incredibly difficult like yours. Drilling seems to be the easy answer for me after i try a couple of the easy methods in the video and fail. Good job trying to sort it all out 🍻
Excellent video and methods ! Also ,thanks for tool link
Glad you liked it! I hope it helps you out 😃🔧
what a nice instruction video !! thanks
You are welcome! 😃
This is genius. May want to spray the lugs with penetrating bolt loosener too.
Thanks! Good call. Penetrant oil is always a good thing. I missed it and went straight to removals.😀🔧🔧
before drilling , try this . Put in the socket valve grinding compound . It does miracles .
Good tip 😃😃
Great video!!! Thank you!
Thank you! Anytime 😃🔧
If you're down to one lug nut left and the weight is on the rim the way you had it, it will be putting an enormous amount of uneven force on the rim and the last nut.
Correct. Never drive without all the lug nuts. The center bore on the wheel also supports the wheel to the wheel hub/bearing. I was doing this temporarily while the repair for the vehicle was underway because the lugs where so stuck so badly😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaunIf you turn the wheel so that the stubborn fastener is at the top, it reduces this pressure and makes it easier to remove.
Also, re-installing the ones that you removed, torqued more or less correctly, takes load off the stubborn one and makes it easier to remove.
I just hammered a 21mm like long socket on lug nuts and took them off easily
well done! 😃
Job well done!
Thank you! It was stubborn. I hope it helped you out 😀🔧
Thank you
Very welcome 😃
Great video!
Thanks!! I am glad you liked it 😃😃
2017 Ford Escape. This is my first situation with swollen lug nuts so I've been researching and using trial and error. I ordered an impact driver from amazon but it was damaged. I'm hoping to get a driver that works as well as a good model for my situation. I'm also looking to get a torque wrench.
Strange thing, 19.5mm fits 4 of the nuts but the top one still seems to big for that one but the 20mm seems too big.
Thanks awesome video it works
Awsome! I'm glad it helped you out 😀🔧🔧
04 Lexus Rx, 21mm Acorn Lug, which were replaced about 5yrs ago with Dorman replacement. Of course, someone overtightened the lugs, and damaged the chrome cover. Cover has come off. Super stuck
Oh no that sucks! You might benefit from the half size sockets. I put some links for them in the description. They work great and fit the sockets when the covers come off. Can be of use. The twist sockets are amazing. I try those before i start destroying things. They work really great and have saved me so many times i cant even count 😀🔧
I wish replacing wheel studs would be that easy on every car.
Sometimes they can be more difficult for sure. Access to the wheel hub is usually the key. As long as you can gain access, the little installer tool has made them a breeze for me 😃🔧
@@EasyFixShaun Yeah. Good luck trying to do the same with a Honda. Their hubs are pressed in and most of their knuckles lack clearance to push the stud out without chopping it or push it in without shaving one side.
@@aurvaroy6670 For sure. If clearance and access is bad, Replacement of wheel bearing and hub could be much easier and faster and/or the only way. Studs are cheap relatively speaking, and when there is no clearance it changes the cost and difficulty and pia factor fo sho!
Me and my dad have a machine shop for heavy equipment, when ever we do any lathe work on softer steel we get some that are over 50 feet long or using the mill you can make extremely long shavings. But that's a bad thing because it can cut you open and potentially cut parts off you.
Wow! That's crazy. 😀🔧
Great video. Would a 3/8” breaker bar work on a small car like a Ford Focus with a 18 mm socket working on a worn down 19 mm lug nut which has lost its shape and is very rusty? Or is it too risky?
Worth a shot. I go straight for the 1/2"breaker bar or bigger, I've broken a lot of 1/2" stuff. But if its all you got try it first 😀😀
I drilled mines straight threw and it still not coming out. I might have to go drill lil bit deeper
Yes that should help. Take your time. What size stud and drill bit do you have?
Wow!
Thanks 😊
2014 Chrysler 200 …. VERY IRRITATING. Thank you for making this video. Your suggestions have helped ALOT. Tires plus is an absolute joke, used an impact to tighten my lugs after new tires & the worst part is they told me they did it.
Sorry you are having trouble. Your Chrysler Lug nuts are very difficult in general when they get older and corroded. Sometimes replacement of all the lug nuts at the same time is easiest 🔧🔧
What' a great video👏👏👏👏🏅
Thank you! 😃
Try putting the lug nuts that are still good back on so all the pressure isn’t on the one bad/stuck nut…. Have had this make a big difference.
Great tip!
Would the nut extractor work on what is left of a capped spline style lug nut that the spline broke off? Or is drilling out the lug the only option?
I would try a twist socket first. They are life savers and often work 😀🔧
thanks for this :) now i can remove my tire :) :)
Excellent! No problem glad to help😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaun i tried it a hour ago it work :) i made it :) :) thanks a lot sir :)
Excellent!! Im glad it helped out😀🔧
Can you tell me what type/brand of drill bits you used for the job? I have antitheft lug nuts on my Grand Caravan and I lost the key. I managed to remove 3 of them pretty easy with the bolt-bite tool but one is stuck and won't come out. I tried to jam the bolt bite socket so hard, it cracked. I started drilling as last resort and for me it's a very slow and frustrating process. I used a very small high speed steel drill bit and that one went through very easy. However, trying to enlarge the hole with larger drill bits is a pain in the butt. I estimate I have 2 more cm left to drill but it's gonna take me a few days at the pace it's going right now.
I used a cobalt drill bit. Here is the link from the description. I got them from amazon 😃🔧🔧 amzn.to/2YLW7nA
You didn't catch the part where he drilled a little then dipped bit into oil and started again. Dont let drill bit get hot it tempers the steel ,gets soft and goes dull. Every 20 seconds or so dip in water or oil to keep bit sharp.
My nut has sheered with the wheel on, not the stud or the thread but exactly where you pointed out at the beginning of the video. So I have no nut to get a socket on. Any way to remove it?
Great question! Twist Socket set at the end of the video will do the trick. They are amazing. Pound it on as hard as you can. It will grip and take it right off in almost every case. Let me know how it goes 😃
What type of drill bit did you use? I've been left with having to drill out a stud after a splined nut stripped and then snapped in half using extractor tools. I've burned up 3 brand new milwaukee carbide and titanium bits and only got 1/4" into the stud.
Links in the description for all the stuff in the video.
I used Cobalt Drill bits: amzn.to/2YLW7nA
Great video! What about for a lug bolt/wheel bolt? Dodge decided to use bolts instead of nuts. Is drilling still an option?
All of the methods should still work. There is a possibility of needing a wheel hub if damaged when drilling. The hub could also have the bolt seized in it once you drill far enough to release the wheel, making hub replacement also necessary. Basically you would need a new wheel bearing and hub assembly. But you should be able to save the wheel with the methods at the very least 😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaun ok awesome. Thank you for the response. You earned a sub... Here I go. Let's see what happens!
Awsome! Always a not so fun job. Take your time. Stick with it. Good luck 😀🔧
Got 1 off with the twist socket, now I guess I'm going to be drilling out the other 2
I have never had so much trouble getting lug. Nuts off before?I don't know what they're doing with these jeeps. Mine's an 06 commander, and i'm just at my witz.End with this thing
Yup they should be recalled but I guess it's not important 🤔. Hang in there and keep making progress 😃
Will that socket work on a totally rounded nut?
Yes they are magical! They will grip whatever is remaining and twist em off. Be sure to pound the socket on with a hammer first 😀
Still handy in 2023
Yup! These tools will always be in my box 😃😃
What brand drill bit is that
Cobalt brand from amazon. I put a link in the description 😃
Cobalt Drill bits: amzn.to/2YLW7nA
Great video, learned alot
Can anyone recomend new nuts for my 09 challenger plz?
The original keeps breaking, the aluminum caps (right word?) just spins on the nut now
had to break 2 of them just to get the wheels off
See if you can find a one piece nut to replace the two piece nuts. One piece may corroded faster than two piece but removing and installing the one piece should work better. Pros and Cons...
@@EasyFixShaun Thanks, will do that
Keep up the good work :)
😃
See how did your drilling go that easy, I just spent a whole day and multiple garages with Robert only got like 2 millimeters, he had same double handle drill I see in video, got looks like same drill bits to, but nothing happened. Any ideas?!?
Im not sure. I used a new drill bit. It was a cobalt brand bit. I put a link in the description fir the bits i used. Your stud may have a different metallurgy too. You should be able to drill out just about any stud though with a sharp but, but you may need to stop and sharpen it during the process. Sorry your having trouble. I would also say the two handed drill bit isn't needed. Its just what i had at the time that the larger drill bit would fit into. Any size drill should work just about. Its just a matter of bit fitment.
Did you use cutting oil with the drill bit. I just got my Irwin cobalt bit today.
I sometimes do and that is always best. In the video i didn't use any cutting oil 😀😀
2013 jeep wrangler. Twisted a lug nut in half trying to remove with an extractor socket. First time I’ve seen that happen! Lol.
Wow! That would make a great video 😀
My lug nut wrench couldn't handle my stuck lug nuts so I ended up finally buying a 25" breaker bar along with a 18 mm deep impact socket and an additional 4' extension bar. After seeing what happened at 2:45 I avoided using cheap short sockets of which I had many. I did also spray some WD-40 type lubricant on/around the nut the day before. I then pushed hard about 10 times and with a distinctive crack finally got it to move - it was stuck on real bad as though someone had welded it on. How the @#$? does this happen? Anyway, thanks for this informative, useful video!
25" breaker bar - Harbor Freight Tools $18
18 mm impact socket - Advance Auto Parts $7
19 mm impact socket - Harbor Freight Tools $4
4' Scrap metal bar extension - free
Excellent comment I'm glad you got it sorted out! Lug nuts seem to create this phenomenon frequently and I'm not sure why. Its more common on older cars so i think it's related to corrosion on the nuts/studs/wheels/or hubs. Or maybe it's all the dissimilar metals bolts together in That spot. Or maybe it's that the lug nuts are too tight. Or maybe all of these things. I have no idea 😂
Is the farther out you are with the breaker bar does it give you more torque? I have a 2012 jag I’m working on. Let my brother help me with this car and apparently he thinks forward on a compact takes the lug nuts off and if not keep going until the lug nut is completely ROUND! Ima try a chisel and a hammer hitting it on the side hopefully turning the nut well so says the triple OG in the 53.. let me know if anyone knows if this technique works porfavor
Yes the longer the lever, the more leverage/torque you will have. Sorry you rounded the lug nut. I would buy the twist sockets in the video. They have saved me many many times in situations like yours with rounded lug nuts. I put lots of links in the description for video tool ideas. Here is the link for that twist socket set for stripped lug nut removal 😃🔧
TWIST Socket kit: amzn.to/3jps8K3
Working on my dads 2006 Chrysler Sebring, been sitting for about a year and a half and the battery is dead so gotta change it. In Chrysler engineering wisdom they put the battery in the driver side fender, so have to take the wheel off to get to it. Managed to get 3 out of the 5 lug nuts off but ended up stripping 2 with a 3/4” impact socket. Would you recommend the fluted sockets to get them off?
Ya the twist sockets are great. No guarantee. But they have saved me so many times. Essential tool for me 😀🔧
cool
Thanks! I hope your project goes well😃🔧
Good stuff. Liked & subbed. T/y.
Thanks for the sub! Honored to have you 😃😃
64 chevy c60 grain dump
Old School 😃
nice video,,, what type of bit did you use??.. cobalt or carbide??? I first used a set of titanium but 5 hrs later and using a 1/2 bit still didn't work, I think 95% of the lug nut has been drilled off
Cobalt. They seem to work really well. I have since sharpened a few of them and they are still working great for other projects. Man you are really working hard on that. Sorry it didn't go quicker for you. Its good to take your time though and still to not hit the wheel. Usually the weight of the wheel will make it pretty much fall off the hub once 100% through the portion holding onto the nut.
Once he said it was a Dodge at all made sense. I’m working with the same crap lugnuts on my Challenger. Love the car but dodge and their quality control is horrible
Yup. So dumb. Many manufacturers use those style of nuts. They suckkkk😀🔧🔧
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I have a 2018 dodge ram. Have a lock lug nut I can't get off. I have 3 keys I used to try to get it off but it keeps snapping, all lug nuts are snug in tight but the locked lug nuts my main concern. Any idea on how to remove it without a key?
I would try twist sockets. They are my go to tool when in your situation. They work fantastic and usually work. They also will cause no damage except to the lug nut or lock key nut 😃
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what's the name of the drill that you use I would love to try to do this myself a lot of these shops are trying to rip me out
I put some links in the description for the drill bit kit I use. Any high quality drill bit should work great if you don't have time to order. A drill bit sharpener can even make a lesser quality drill but work for the job. Although you may need to sharpen a few times along the way during the process😀🔧
What do you do if the stud is turning
In that case I would go straight to drilling the stud method. I would probably loosen the other nuts that are good so that I could put some pressure on the one bad nut with the wheel stopping it from turning so that I can drill the nut. Might need some additional methods to stop the lug from spinning, but I would spend time trying to figure out how to do that. If it doesn't work the next step might be cutting off the lug in one way or another😃🔧
working on 2017 nissan versa note car 🚗 tried to remove nuts when changing brake pads with torque wrench but the nuts weren't coming off and now are bent a bit from the original six face shape to more circular form. any advice? thanks
I would replace the nuts even if they are still functional so they don't cause worse problems the next time they are removed.
Are they stuck on, and you can not remove them?
Or you removed them, and they are now just damaged?
@@EasyFixShaun i tried to remove them but couldn't and the nuts ended up becoming more rounded from strain
Sorry to hear that. I think the twist sockets in the video would be my next attempt. I would pound them onto the affected lug nut really good before attempting removal. Impacts work best with the twist sockets if you have one 😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaun thanks for your help💖
No problem 😀🔧
I got the 1/2" drive, 25" breaker bar from Harbor Freight Tools (on sale this week $16.99 + tax with coupon). Also got a 6' fence pole.
But I have a regular 11/16" (7.46 mm) short socket 1/2" which I was going to hammer on but now I'm afraid it's not going to work after watching this video. If I try this first, will it mess up the lug nut further so the other methods (impact socket or extractor) won't work later? Thanks
Its worth a shot! Use what you have so far. Many times pounding on a smaller socket trick will work. If it doesn't work, usually the twist socket will still bite into whats left and work. I have more options available. I usually go straight for the twist sockets in most cases 😀🔧
If the smaller 11/16” socket won’t work and gets stuck on the lug nut, is there a way to get it off the car? I don’t see how you can get it off if it’s short like that. I did see in you video that it broke apart at one point however, but what if it just stays on? 2:45 Would removing it damage the lug nut enough that any further efforts would be harder?
If the lug nut is impossible to get off, you don't have much to loose. Pounding it on gives it extra grip to hopefully remove it. If it doesn't work a long 18" 1/2" extension could be used to wiggle and force the socket off again. That is what I would usually do. If it works, a punch and vise or block of wood will likely be needed to pound the nut out of the socket 😃
I have 2011 tundra with aftermarket wheels and the 1/4 inch extension of the lug nut broke off in every wheel. Any suggestions please?
What is a "1/4" extension"? Are you talking about wheel spacers?
@@EasyFixShaun regular lug nuts have a seat like 60 degrees mine have a 1/4 inch piece that extends past the seat into the wheel. Just looks like a sleeve. Wish I could should a pick. 20 ET Conical Bulge Long Lug Nuts 7/16"-20 with Center Washers 0.33" Shank 0.62" Dia 1.75" Length
Look these up. Every one of the sleeves broke off on the stud.
2014 Ford Fusion stripped lug nuts.
Ouch! Were you able to get them removed and replaced?
What's the name of the music that's playing when you're drilling, around 4:06 mark?
I wish I could remember the name. I am sorry. A "Sound Hound" app might be able to tell you?
I'm working on a 99 Chrysler concorde
Nice. That’s an older car! 😀
Any advice on a lug nut that's leaned downward inside that circle and I can't get my tire iron on it to remove it please help.
Im not sure what you mean the the wheel hit something and bend it like that?
What size is that drill
I think i showed it in the video. It is 1 or 2 sizes less than the stud size. Undersizing will help to not hit the wheel and damage it. The wheel hole is just barely larger than the stud to fit over it. Could start small like 1/4" and work up larger sizes also as an option. Once the bit is 50% or more larger than the stud it will be significantly weakened and wiggling the wheel may even be able to break it and release the wheel 😀🔧
Been trying to get a over tightened lug off my 02 bmw 325xi. With 0 luck not sure at this point what elce to do.
Sorry to hear that. Is the hex fastener in great shape? If so I would use as a long of a lever as possible to make it easy to break it free. Or borrow a milwaukee electric fuel impact from someone. They will take things off easily or break them if they won't move. 🤓🔧
👍 where ja get that hammer! Is that hammer home made?
It is Thor's hammer. Links in the description if you want one 😃🔧
2002 Ford F 250. Lug nuts after market, stuck on and breaking halfway leaving a piece you can't get to. Problem.
Oh man. That sucks. Can you drill the stud?
What brand adapter do you recommend
For 1/2"-3/4" adaptors? Any will do usually. They are so big and have so much metal i find that are inherently very strong. I use cheap ones. Ive never broken one 😀🔧
2013 Ford Escape. Right front wheel. Lug nuts are absolutely shot.
Just bought the car for my wife
Ouch. Hopefully you can slide some new lug studs in there easily😃🔧. This tool works amazing if you need it-Wheel Stud Installer: amzn.to/2DbINBr
@@EasyFixShaun I live in San antonio so there's all these Mexican tire shops around. I"m going to take it there to see if they can get them off and put all new lug nuts on.
@@davidjsouth231 Excellent!
2003 eddie bauer expedition. I've tried everything and can't get the lug off.
stuck? Can you get a bolt buster style heat element on it? If you have enough access that would make the nut glow red hot to release and remove with damaging the wheel. If that doesn't work drilling is a good method to attempt to save wheel 😃
07 Dodge Caliber and I have a issue with removing this one lug on my wheel tried twisted sockets and it did work at all
That sucks. I think I ended up having a similar problem. One lug nut just wouldn't come off, no matter what I did. I tried hard to get it loose too! The drill ended up coming out and removed it pretty well for me 😃🔧
@@EasyFixShaun yea it would come off for nothing no matter what I used so I’m just gonna go to a tire shop an have them fix the issue
@@EasyFixShaun damn Chrysler’s
@@eriknobles3946 That sucks man. I have seen some crazy difficult lug nuts on chryslers. I don't blame you one bit 😃
@@EasyFixShaun gotta get it done in case I get a flat in the middle of nowhere stuck
I have a lug nut on a Jaguar 2012 That has been tightened extremely tight I have had AAA I've had a tire place try to take it with the reverse thingamajig as well and it still won't come off please advise any other things you can possibly think of as well I'm not sure if they use the tool that you have but they did have something similar to it where it would do the reverse on it and try to unlock it please advise I'm in Los Angeles
Hey John, I am sorry for the late reply. Any luck? If you want to save the wheel and all methods are exhausted I usually drill the wheel lug nut until i can remove the wheel like in the video. Then I repair the damaged stud and nut and check all others while there 😃🔧
Thank you so much for your reply I greatly appreciate it. After so many people came by the house to try to get it off finally a young man came by $200 later unfortunately and he drilled it off it's a little damaged but it looks like I can still save the stem and put the lug nut back on. Unfortunately he wouldn't test out all the other lug nuts to see if they were tight but he refused
Im glad you git it figured out! 😀🔧
Please help. I have these long studs and the nut broke at the base. How do I remove it. Will pay for advice that works
Is the lug nut stripped on the inside threads or the outside hex?
What type of drill bit did you use?
I used some Cobalt bits from Irwin. They are amazing. Here is the link from the description 😃🔧🔧 amzn.to/2YLW7nA
2011 skoda octavia vRS two rounded 17mm lug bolts
twist socket will usually grab hold of those and make them come off fairly easy. That is my go to method. Hopefully it works for you😃🔧
@@EasyFixShaun I'm going to try a fresh new 6point impact socket first with a breaker bar and a couple shims if the socket don't work on the bolts flat spots if not a next size smaller and a hammer
@@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc Thats a great idea. I have had luck pounding on a socket that is one half size smaller also. I put a link in the description for half size sockets sets. I can not find a 16.5mm that you could try but here is a link to a set I have. You may be able to search for the 16.5 for your application. 😃🔧amzn.to/3Kottza
@@EasyFixShaun I tried a 16mm wen on and rounded more even used heat but no go I'm just gonna put in a garage now doing my head in but thanks for ut help man
@@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc No prob. I would try twist socket next. They are magical. If that doesn't work you are probably looking at drilling it out to save the wheel from damage 😃🔧
Jeep Grand Cherokee 2009..ceased bolts..nightmare ..?
Oh man I'm sorry to hear that. You have your work cut out for you. Probably wont be fun, but it is doable to save the wheel if you plan it out and are carefull 😀🔧
Where are you located. I would like to hire you to work on my 5th wheel trailer rim and lug nut replacement. The nuts and the rim holes have clad over nuts and metal inserts in the rim holes.
Sorry not for hire. Just making videos 😃🔧
92 GMC Sierra single cab drum brakes
Oh wow. Nice truck! 😃🔧
OK? What if I'm on the side of the road? And I don't have those tools. I have a socket that is too big. How do I make it smaller? I need a hack and I need it now.
Sorry i am late on your comment. There aren't a lot of options or hacks in that situation. Were you able to sort it out?
Eastwood makes a lug nut extractor
Eastwood are great also! I just got those to try them out 😃🔧
An 05 Ford f150
Oof! Those are bad ones sometimes
What kind of drill bit did you use to drill out the stud? Mine wouldn't work.
I use cobalt or another high quality bit. I put links in the description. Here it is 😃🔧
Cobalt Drill bits: amzn.to/2YLW7nA
@Easy Fix I tried some cobalt drill buts but couldn't seem to get anywhere with them.
I ended up buying an angle grinder, which quickly split the nut, then I broke the two halves off with my hammer.
Nice work! Any wheel damage?
@Easy Fix not really, aside from some paint scratches from tools scraping against it, and a small, shallow nick of about 2mm where the cutting disc briefly touched it. I put some touchup paint on those parts.
@@AJ-on-youtube Nice work, I am glad that worked out for you! 😃🔧
hello, can i go straight to drilling the lug nut with drill bit? because today was gonna rotate my wheels but when i was loosening the last lug nut it just stopped. and i didnt want to force it so i think this is my best solution. i have done this but i dont know what else to do.
Yup. I think that you have a perfectly good reason to just drill it. You could try to force it one last time since you have nothing to loose. 😀🔧
@@EasyFixShaun well I got it out with good old wd40 lol
@@EasyFixShaun but stud is cross threaded
Im glad you are making headway. Its super frustrating when they don't work properly. Nice work 😀🔧🔧
Its easier to push down on the breaker bar than it is to pull up!!
Good tip! 😀😀
What car is this that’s being worked on?
Subaru
8:48 How can an open-ended lug nut be removed from the socket/extractor since their is nothing at the end to push on?
A punch comes with the twist socket set that will usually grab the edge of an open ended nut and pop it out 😀😀
i put a call into Guinness..they do believe we have a record on our hands..they'll be sending a team over for verification..
Those were award winning metal shavings 😀🔧
Those lug nuts look like someone put grease on the lug threads. If so you should never lube the lug threads because you can way over torque the nuts/bolts, grease has a problem with "drying out" and it loses its lubricating ability. Put the lug on too tight or even to what you think you normally put them on and you're either going to have a b of a time getting them off or not at all. This comes from the personal experience of a 16 year old me. (I'm now 73, older and much wiser.)
Noting though i figured out how to finally get them off the easy way. Drive rig until offending lug is at bottom. Place breaker bar with appropriately sized socket. Place bar handle on ground or block(s) drive rig in appropriate direction. For right hand thread this means on the right side the bar handle is forward and you drive forward. On left bar handle is back and you drive backwards. Much easier letting horses do the work than my back. (But each to his own 😂)
Note too that an impact imparts rotary force where as a bar imparts side force and can break the stud/bolt.
Great tips! Love them all 😃
@@EasyFixShaun have a second "fix" that I've used several times and have instructed several others on.
You remove all the lugs... and the wheel refuses to come off ☹️. Hard way: sit on your butt and kick the p out of it, use bar... get pssd, cuss a lot, cry some, sob.
OR easy way: put lugs back on then back them off one turn or a bit more. Lower car. Drive forward 15 feet, stomp brakes. Nothing? Drive back stomp brakes. Do that again etc. until you hear Clunk. Wheel has broke loose. Jack back up, remove wheel. Once again use horsepower 😊
@@railroaded1991 That is a great tip! 😃😃
Is that a Cobalt or a carbide drill bit
Irwin cobalt. They work good 😀😀
I have a Mac guard locking lug nut that I can get off because it was over torque I went through four keys call Matthew guard they sent out a kit had to give my deposit that goes over the lock and guide the drill bit that they send out and they sent out three Cobalt bits. Each one bigger than the last. The first did great the other 2 won't cut at all. What do you recommend. I am ready to cut my trim off. I haven't used my car in 9 months. Would carbide cut?
Would twist sockets fit in the wheel. Tjose will take just about anything off if you can get them to fit.
I already started drilling because it is a locking lug bolt. It has smooth outer edges in fact it actually has a ring so you cannot grab it with anything. I can try though
Ok gotcha. Sorry you are having trouble. Any luck sorting it out?
2013 Chrysler Town and Country
Sorry you are having trouble. Those lug nuts always eventually cause problems 😀🔧