Spray it with PB BLASTER. I've been using it for years on my street rods and
antique car projects with great results. It would be available at any good
hardware store and better auto parts places.
Geven
-----Original Message-----
From: terry tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: [VAC] UN-Stuck lug nuts on Aluminum wheels.
>>I had applied Liquid Wrench to one wheel and left it on overnight. This
>>afternoon, when I still could not budge it with an unassisted X lug wrench
>>or my air impact tool, I added a 4 foot pipe extension to my 6-point
socket
>>wrench and (after breaking one flex-handle socket tool) they then started
>>to yield.
>
>Jerry,
>
>You just joined the "Broken Socket Tool Club."
>If it was a Craftsman flex-handle socket tool, Sears will replace it free.
>Been there, done that - and no hassle at all by Sears.
>Like you, I now use the pipe extension only with a solid wrench.
>
>Suggest you follow Jim's idea to use a torque wrench when you replace the
wheels.
>When I lost a wheel after visiting the tire store, I couldn't believe it
because I watched the guy
>use a torque wrench on that wheel. My mistake was going 100 miles without
double checking it.
>
>On hindsight, I should have checked it myself while it was on the jack at
the tire store. To this
>day, I believe he didn't tighten it to the correct pounds, even though he
said he did.
>
>And, yes, a double axle Airstream can be towed with a missing wheel without
the naked hub scraping
>on the pavement. I went 30 miles at 30 mph to reach an RV service center.
And, they didn't have the
>correct size stud bolts to replace the ones broken by the wheel when it
came off. That's why I now
>carry one set of the correct size stud bolts and their nuts.
>
>Live and learn,
>
>TT
>
>
>
