Or .... Just take the van down to a GOOD local tyre place and ask them to threaten it with a windy-gun . If that fails they`ll look on it as an interesting diversion to the day and all have a crack at it . THAT is your best option - less time consuming and cheaper than buying carp tools ..
the twot was me! put the wheels on after the resto which was 18 months ago. they wouldnt of been put on overly tight as i used the same sh1tty wheel brace to do them up. ive never struggled to get a wheel nut off before and certainly never broken tools getting them off
the polskis have been sadly lacking in auto repair activity of late, its just not the same round here. not even group car washing not the tyre place i took my trailer too for a puncture repair then. ooh we cant do that, the wheels too small to fit on the machine. dont you have hand tools? oh no its all on the machine now moosh
well to be fair how many people grease the wheel studs? ive never seen anyone do it, garage or diyist
Here we go. You need two people a breaker bar, a short impact socket and a nice big hammer. One of you place the breaker bar on the wheel nut (you might want to wear gloves as it might hurt a bit) and hang on the end for dear life. The other person strike the swivel end of the bar directly in line with the socket. This should shock the bar and nut/stud . if in doubt slide something on the end of the bar to get some more length.
well theyre not that bad, nuts wrre brand new a couple of years back and when loose they screw on/off real smooooth i had a 4ft scaffold pole on a bar and it wouldnt shift edit - although i am little
Also you should never use grease and certainly not copper slip on wheel bolts or nuts, certainly not on threads. Use only a light oil such as 3 in 1 some manufacturers insist on grease on mating surfaces of wheel stud/nut washers
Some vehicles, I'm thinking double wheel old Transits, have wheels that fall off and require you to jump on a scaffold bar to tighten the nuts, some don't. T2's don't shed standard wheels. A little copper slip on the threads doesn't hurt.
try hitting the bar with a big hammer...... as if your hitting the nut straight on. The biggest hammer you've got
Generally I agree but you go to a road side burger bar and ask for a little ketchup on your bacon sandwich what do you get A ketchup sandwich with a little bacon. So deciding what's a little is up to opinion, i'd personally just use a little oil, copper slip on hubs to stop them seizing I would always recommend. All wheel nuts should be torqued up regardless wheels fall off for many reasons one being to loose or tight.
This thread scares me. I haven't tried removing my nuts yet but now I'm worried that I'll be stranded in the middle of nowhere and unable to get them off.
best have a go now I suppose. Remove each wheel clean all the threads and hub faces with a wire brush and lubricate with a little oil and retighten using a torque wrench http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...h.TRS0&_nkw=torque wrench&ghostText=&_sacat=0 £20 for a torque wrench
I do , a smear of whatever you have kicking around will do the trick - whenever the wheel comes off just check the threads aren`t dry . Dab on with a cloth and smear off leaving the thread `valleys` coated - Easy .
