Lug Nut seized!!

bigbadxj · 04-27-2009, 01:50 AM

I went to take the rear wheels of my XJ so I can start doing the lift and some other stuff today and found out that all five nuts on the driver side are Seized and one on the pass. side. The pass. side one I just used a air hammer and beat it till it was gone and I will replace the lug but the others are just to many to beat off. I mean I beat a socket two sizes small on one and put a 24" breaker bar with another 24" bar on it and it just stripped it around and I put a bend in my new breaker bar! :mad: Then my BIG Impact beat it till the socket was to hot to touch and nothing but stripping! I do not won't to spend a week Drilling them all out any help? Used PB blaster I used everything but heating them up and going to sears and looking for a 19mm stripped nut extractor or whatever they are What do you guys recommend? Were can I get a nut splitter that will fit into the deeper wheels?

KargoMaster · 04-27-2009, 02:53 AM

grinder?

what axle are we talking about here...? any way to get the hub off and grind them from the other side?

superjeep · 04-27-2009, 06:09 AM

If you have steel wheels or dont care about the rim you should be able to use a good impact wrench to shear them off by over tighting the lugnuts.
But if you have aluminium rims you could damage the rims.

soak with oil is the only other posibility ?????

Shawn

04-27-2009, 08:25 AM

If it has drum brakes pull the axle out and grind the back off the studs drive them out and replace them

bigbadxj · 04-27-2009, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BROWN

If it has drum brakes pull the axle out and grind the back off the studs drive them out and replace them

I hope to not have to do that but if it comes to it I will! They are recessed in the rims so I can't just grind them off or I would have already. I may try on of those lug nut extractors but they are $25 I'd have to take it back after and get my money back Ha. Or I'll just drill!:(

Nuts · 04-27-2009, 06:51 PM

Take a cut off wheel and cut an ''X" right down the middle of the nut and stud. Cut down as close to the wheel as you can without touching it. Then they'll spin right off! You'll have to replace them oviously,but it sounds like they need replaced anyway

04-27-2009, 01:50 AM	#1
bigbadxj BIG DADDY Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 28	Lug Nut seized!! I went to take the rear wheels of my XJ so I can start doing the lift and some other stuff today and found out that all five nuts on the driver side are Seized and one on the pass. side. The pass. side one I just used a air hammer and beat it till it was gone and I will replace the lug but the others are just to many to beat off. I mean I beat a socket two sizes small on one and put a 24" breaker bar with another 24" bar on it and it just stripped it around and I put a bend in my new breaker bar! :mad: Then my BIG Impact beat it till the socket was to hot to touch and nothing but stripping! I do not won't to spend a week Drilling them all out any help? Used PB blaster I used everything but heating them up and going to sears and looking for a 19mm stripped nut extractor or whatever they are What do you guys recommend? Were can I get a nut splitter that will fit into the deeper wheels?

04-27-2009, 02:53 AM	#2
KargoMaster Cleaning off the rust... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,009	grinder? what axle are we talking about here...? any way to get the hub off and grind them from the other side? __________________ brad 5.0L \| 435 \| 203 \| 300 \| 4.10 \| 39.5 Buildup BACK underway...

04-27-2009, 06:09 AM	#3
superjeep Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 88	If you have steel wheels or dont care about the rim you should be able to use a good impact wrench to shear them off by over tighting the lugnuts. But if you have aluminium rims you could damage the rims. soak with oil is the only other posibility ????? Shawn

04-27-2009, 08:25 AM	#4
BROWN Guest Posts: n/a	If it has drum brakes pull the axle out and grind the back off the studs drive them out and replace them

04-27-2009, 06:51 PM	#6
Nuts Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: middletown,oh Posts: 508	Take a cut off wheel and cut an ''X" right down the middle of the nut and stud. Cut down as close to the wheel as you can without touching it. Then they'll spin right off! You'll have to replace them oviously,but it sounds like they need replaced anyway