2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission help! cannot get wheel off!

[dlange]

i have eagle alloys magnum lugs. 3 of the lugs will not come off and will make the studs spin when i try to take them off. This is the 2nd time i have had trouble with the wheel. It is a 8 lug wheel. I need to know how to get the wheel off.

 

[illflem]

You might have to go out and buy a nut splitter, most auto parts will have one. You probably should also replace the studs that spun as you will have the same problem with them again. From now on use anti-seize on your lug nuts.

 

[Ram4Sam]

Air gun?

Dlange, are you using an air gun to tighten the lugs? Some of the lug nuts used by the aftermarket wheel companies are made out of soft/cheap metal. The hammering of the air gun can distort the shape of the lug nut out of round, and turn it into a big lock nut that won't let loose of the stud. I learned this the hard way!



Sam

 

[drees1]

Try heating with Oxy-acetalene torch and use impact gun to remove. Sometimes heating just one area real hot will work best.

 

[dlange]

yeah, i use a air gun, but i have never had problems on the other wheels, always the front pass side. The first time the studs busted off one by one. Now the new studs , out of eight, three of them spin. And I cant get the lugs off with the studs spinning. I dont have any idea why this keeps happening to this wheel.

 

[Deezul1]

Sounds like the holes in the hub that hold the studs have been oversized possibly from the spinning of the studs some time before and now they wont hold the studs tight enough.