[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G Mann via
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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 10:31 AM
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Cc: G Mann
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want to loose my lug bolts -- well that is disappointing
Carbide drills will do a much better job of cutting the high strength bolt
I bought a small set of Cle-line drills a couple years ago, definitely the
most expensive drill bits I've ever bought but boy do they cut! I had to drill
out a bolt on the motor for my loader and it zipped right through. I have poor
luck drilling out bolts but I think its probably because I'd
Carbide drills will do a much better job of cutting the high strength bolt
material.
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 4:33 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Hit the stuck bolts with the air wrench, just let it bang for a good
> while, some fwd/rev trying to loosen them.
Hit the stuck bolts with the air wrench, just let it bang for a good
while, some fwd/rev trying to loosen them. Finally sheared one off,
then the other. Sigh. So I got one most of the way drilled out until
time to quit. That steel is tough, a center punch got dulled too. I
used various
Strikes me this is a galling problem not a thread problem. They usually
turn easily once the ball is freed up. Not sure what the answer is apart
from using wheels with steel seat inserts.
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 5:55 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
> Who cares as long as you got some soak time?
next step: Mexican rattlerench: Put your 18" breaker bar on. if you
have an extension, support the extension with a jackstand. then take a
2 lb LFH and beat on the end of the breaker bar until it frees or about
10 min. per nut.
Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote on 3/24/19 2:57 PM:
Well I am worried about shearing the bolt ahead of the shoulder that
actually holds the wheel on. Then I'd be worse off.
--FT
On 3/24/19 4:13 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
If I use a breaker bar with stuck lugs, I use at least a 25" with a 5"
extension and support the extension on a
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I want to loose my lug bolts
There was some elixir still in the bolt holes but most had drained out some
way. Some around the duct tape but it was mostly stickily intact. I tried to
loosen the recalcitrant bolts with a bar about 18” and nothing. Gotta leave
soon so
If I use a breaker bar with stuck lugs, I use at least a 25" with a 5"
extension and support the extension on a jack stand. Then I can safely stand on
the other end of the bar.
Mitch.
On March 24, 2019 at 3:57 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
wrote:
>
>
> There was some elixir still in
There was some elixir still in the bolt holes but most had drained out some
way. Some around the duct tape but it was mostly stickily intact. I tried to
loosen the recalcitrant bolts with a bar about 18” and nothing. Gotta leave
soon so will try the rattle wrench tomorrow
--FT
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I checked it a little while ago and some had oozed out but most of it was still
there. When I get back from my bike ride and have some brunch I’ll hit it with
the air impact wrench and see if I can get the wheel off.
--FT
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> On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Who cares as long as you got some soak time? It only takes a little bit to do
the job.
-D
> On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:43 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I filled it yesterday afternoon will check this morning and see if it worked.
> I wondered if that would happen.
>
> --R
>
I filled it yesterday afternoon will check this morning and see if it worked. I
wondered if that would happen.
--R
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On Mar 24, 2019, at 3:03 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
>> Floyd wrote:
>
>> I mixed up some magic elixer acetone+ATF to use to try to get
>> the lug bolts off
> Floyd wrote:
> I mixed up some magic elixer acetone+ATF to use to try to get
> the lug bolts off the SL600 wheel that is stuck on. I put a big
> piece of duct tape over the bolt hole
Won't the acetone just dissolve the duct tape?
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I mixed up some magic elixer acetone+ATF to use to try to get the lug
bolts off the SL600 wheel that is stuck on. I put a big piece of duct
tape over the bolt hole on the wheel and then filled it up with the
elixer. Will let it soak as long as it will sit there, not sure if it
is going to
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