accent4sho

Seriously, does someone have a solution to stuck lug nuts? I got some new rotors that I want to put on but there's a couple of lug nuts on both front tires that refuse to move. I've tried a break bar, standing on the lug wrench and everything. I think the shop that last had my car put them on way too tight with an impact wrench. So other than me taking the car back to them, is there anything I can at home to get these darn things off?

03-accent-03

Take it back, make them remove them and pay when they break them. Had this happen to 3/4 of mine on the Accent. Ended up breaking them and spending about $200 at the dealer to have them replaced. Discount Tire denied responsibility.

RedGT

at the topic title.

Tak82

yeah, they put them on so fricking tight that it stretches the threads on both the nut and stud, if they did that to my car, i'd make the service manager pay for my nut&studs.



use a propane torch "relieves surface tension" and heat them up about 40-50 sec per lug and try the breaker bar, or try using a long metal pipe of some sort over the breaker bar

Stocker

This, but it depends on the shop manager, how well this will work. If they suck, you're stuck.



Hit them with some penetrating oil and get a cheater bar on the end of your breaker bar. Be SUPER careful if you have plastic wheel covers, if you decide to try a torch. Hate to burn the car down. Buy new studs and nuts BEFORE you start working. If they break during removal operations, no worries just replace them. If not, return your unused parts.

Tak82

normally anti seize ain't recommended for wheels studs but it ensures that the nut doesn't seize up halfway out on the stud, especially overtightened studs with stretched threads

i've been driving with lightly applied anti seize compound on my studs and they have yet to break loose a wheel..just dont goop it up, just dab of it.

187sks

Nothing beats a strong impact wrench in this situation.

Red Raspberry

Replacing the studs on the front of an Accent is a royal PITA. The studs are just not hard enough and when you go over the puny 80 ft/lbs they stretch and seize.



I had to just break them off, one in front one in back. Drove around for 1/2 a year with three lugs on two wheels.