frozen rust frozen nuts on front tire studs

[lugbolt]

impact. And heat. Penetrating oil just makes fire and on stuff like that I don't use it. Looks pretty ugly. But I've had them come right out with an impact. The studs are usually screwed into the hub and they often come out when removing rusty nuts. So order all new nuts and stud because they'll probably all come out of the hubs with the nuts still attached.

I've had some bolts/nuts stuck so badly in the past that nothing would break them loose, not even my trusty 3/4" drive break over bar-which can put close to 1000 lb-ft of torque on things. But heat the nut up red hot, hit it with the impact and they usually come right off.

 

[SAR Tracker]

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[MountainMeadows]

Who wants to sit around and wait. Get the Oxy/Acetylene torch and your done.

 

[TheOldHokie]

Who wants to sit around and wait. Get the Oxy/Acetylene torch and your done.

Nah - its much more fun to catastrophize and exchange endless posts about how to unscrew a rusty frickin lug nut.

Dan

 

[fried1765]

Who wants to sit around and wait. Get the Oxy/Acetylene torch and your done.

The "smoke wrench" is a wonderful thing!

 

[GeoHorn]

Heat is your friend. Even a small propane handymans’ torch will likely do this job. Heat the NUT… not the stud. The Nut will expand and come right off. Do ONE at a TIME. Place the blue-tip of the flame upon the NUT top/bottom for about one minute only and immediately remove the nut.
This has worked for me on the old Oliver we used down at the beach house in Matagorda which we deliberately RAN THRU THE SURF with a school-bus seat mounted on a wooden platform on the back for our “beach buggy”. The wheel lugs/nuts became similar to those depicted after the first year.

When we finished installing NEW NUTS…. which we’d treated the nuts and studs with Rustoleum Cold Galvanize before re-assembling them…. we never had another problem. (at least until someone stole it)