Hey folks. Had a little blowout in Rachel's Jaguar tonight. Actually, it was a pretty major blowout: :grin: Why didn't I just change the tire right after I hit the 2' deep, razor-edged pot hole? Because one of the f-ing lug nuts is stripped. The threads on the INSIDE are done. The Lug Nuts: I've tried a dozen different removal methods to no avail. I'm not able to cut it off because the nuts are recessed deep into the rim. Even my Dremel won't get in there. ANY ideas are welcome. TIA everyone!
Are you worried about the stud? If that's going to be replaced anyway just get a speed wrench on there and spin it until it's smooth. Should slide right off?
I would, but the impact gun didn't do a f-ing thing....so I doubt a speed wrench would either. :-D The threads INSIDE THE LUG NUT are stripped. Not the threads on the stud (though judging by the nuts I pulled off, they probably are). I was going to wait a few weeks for warmer weather to do the rotors & pads. Looks like my schedule just got moved up! LOL
???Drive it somemore it was heating up nice on the 5 mile trip home maybee it will just fall off!:drugs::drugs::drugs: Sorry for joke man:no:
It's not 5 miles from HD to the house, is it? I'll measure it tonight when I go back to take pics of the crater in Hamilton Rd. I thought you liked my "put that wheel in the snow to cool off the rubber" trick. LOL You should see the redneck engineering I have going on trying to get that damn nut off. You'd laugh until you pee'd yourself. Been at it for 5 hours now. Nut is still on there. Compressor is workin' OT tonight. It's running more than Forrest Gump. :grin:
Preemptive strikes....heh heh: "Why not just punch the stud from the inside of the rotor?" Because there's a flange on the stud that won't allow it to 'pass through' the rotor. "So...just grind off the flange and punch it through!" I can barely SEE the flange. There's no way I'm getting a grinder or a Dremel in there.
Just took Rachel to the office, then went over to get some pics of the crater. It seems my phone call to the Columbus P.D. got the job done: the hole has been filled in! I tried to get a pic of it, but at 4:30AM there's not enough light: (Yeah...no street lights along that section of road...makes it even harder to see the pothole.) I did see something interesting at the Meijer parking lot though. Keith called me last night and said that he'd seen a Mercedes that had just hit the pot hole and the guy was inspecting the damage to his car. That Mercedes was still in the parking lot this morning: I'm thinking the pothole has a fetish for performance sedans. :grin: Keith- It's only approx. 3 miles from Home Depot to my house: LINK TO MAP If anyone has any info on how to bill the city for damage to a vehicle, please post or send me a PM as to the process. TIA Okay...enough screwing around.....back to the stubborn lug nut....
7:20AM I finally got it off: Note the 10" hacksaw blade. :grin: I pulled the rim far enough away to get to the stud from the front, around the spokes of the wheel. Little 1/8"-1/2" passes of the blade, then turn the stud, saw again, turn, saw....repeat until it's weak enough to yank the entire wheel off. LOL What a chore. I need a nap.
Kevan 3 Miles? 5 Miles 6 inches? 9 Inches Who cares?HAHAHAHHA Well good job on the lugnut Im glad you got it off:worthy:
What a nightmare... :angry: I see they are still neglecting Hamilton Rd. Some things never change. :novote: I was going to suggest removing the whole spindle, brake assembly, and wheel... :shok: Glad you got it off of there. :clap: BMW's wouldn't have that problem. The lug and stud are one piece. :miner::grin: Damn Juguwars..... :bottom:
x2 on the McGuyver award. Everybody own's one of these don't they? If you don't, you should. (used to live right off of Hamilton about 3 miles east of 75. ummm... in the 70's?)
Good job, what a pain I'm sure! Maybe I misunderstood because I was thinking all you'd have to do is get a breaker bar on the lug long enough to get a good 150-200ftlb and the stud would snap off. Are you saying the lug was just spinning but not coming off??? Now all you gotta do is spray some WD40 on the remaining stud and pound it out with a hammer. I've done this a few times. Take the caliper and rotor off before you do. When you torque the new stud down so the teeth bite into the hub make sure you don't over torque the lug down too much or you'll strip it again. Just keep tightening and loosening the lug against the hub until the back of the stud is flush against the back side of the hub.
Would not have worked. There was barely enough room to use the hacksaw blade by itself (and two fingers on each hand). It was an extremely tight fit. BTW- Did you mean "3 miles east of I-71"? There's a heavy duty dent in the outside rim edge from the initial impact. I'm amazed that the 3 mi. drive home didn't jack the rim up further. We'll find out in a few if it's salvageable. BMW's aren't AWD. :grin:
dang man, im sorry to hear that. how long did it take you to eventually saw that stud? i may or may not have to go this route with one of mine as well and well frankly is something id like to avoid at all costs.
Took me about 3 hours to do the sawing. That was on a 16" wheel. If I had a 20" or larger, it would have went quicker because I would have been able to move the saw further on each pass.
http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2008/5/535xisedan/default.aspx http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2008/3/335xiSedan/default.aspx :dunno2: :tip:
Leave it to Jake to pick out the only 2 QEFTSG models from BMW. :grin: BTW- do either of those have i-Drive? Talk about a deal breaker.
