Tuning for Retards
03-17-2006, 04:16 PM
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Tuning for Retards
Lesson 1:
Never use excessive force when tightening your lug nuts.
Example:
I just got brand new rims today and was making some last minute adjustments to my suspension when i cracked off part of a locking lug and also broke the lug key.
This is not fun, as Nissan will charge me ~$70 to get it off since it's stripped.
Once my new wheels are ready, I'm probably gonna just break off that old lug and try to borrow someone's lug key for the other 3 locking lugs.
I am retarded
Never use excessive force when tightening your lug nuts.
Example:
I just got brand new rims today and was making some last minute adjustments to my suspension when i cracked off part of a locking lug and also broke the lug key.
This is not fun, as Nissan will charge me ~$70 to get it off since it's stripped.
Once my new wheels are ready, I'm probably gonna just break off that old lug and try to borrow someone's lug key for the other 3 locking lugs.
I am retarded
03-18-2006, 07:50 AM
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Originally posted by ConceptS14
take a socket that's a barely too small for the lock nut and hammer it on there to get it off.
take a socket that's a barely too small for the lock nut and hammer it on there to get it off.
HOW ABOUT NO, EINSTEIN.
wtf are people thinking, do **** the right way.
03-18-2006, 09:20 AM
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Good News:
My parents lug key from their Murano is the same, and I used it to take off the 3 intact locking lugs, which I replaced with standard lugs
Bad News:
In the process of trying to get the cracked lug off, I broke their lug key hahahahaahahah
Good News:
PepBoys sells the lug key and 4 new locking lugs for $30
Bad News:
In the process of replacing my wiper blades, I nudged the arm when it was up, causing it to snap down and crack my winshield
Again confirming I have extra chromosomes
My parents lug key from their Murano is the same, and I used it to take off the 3 intact locking lugs, which I replaced with standard lugs
Bad News:
In the process of trying to get the cracked lug off, I broke their lug key hahahahaahahah
Good News:
PepBoys sells the lug key and 4 new locking lugs for $30
Bad News:
In the process of replacing my wiper blades, I nudged the arm when it was up, causing it to snap down and crack my winshield
Again confirming I have extra chromosomes
03-18-2006, 12:42 PM
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Originally posted by Cape 240
YAH YAH .. so now not only have we stripped and broken a nut .. but we've beaten our ratchet with a hammer, and ruined a perfectly good socket.
HOW ABOUT NO, EINSTEIN.
wtf are people thinking, do **** the right way.
YAH YAH .. so now not only have we stripped and broken a nut .. but we've beaten our ratchet with a hammer, and ruined a perfectly good socket.
HOW ABOUT NO, EINSTEIN.
wtf are people thinking, do **** the right way.
$5 socket versus $70 for nissan to get it off, for me there's no question.
03-18-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally posted by jspaeth
Bad News:
In the process of replacing my wiper blades, I nudged the arm when it was up, causing it to snap down and crack my winshield
Again confirming I have extra chromosomes
Bad News:
In the process of replacing my wiper blades, I nudged the arm when it was up, causing it to snap down and crack my winshield
Again confirming I have extra chromosomes
03-19-2006, 07:01 AM
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thankfully, the stuck locking lug is on my old wheels, so i am gonna just beat the **** out of that broken lug with a socket and then use a breaker bar and 3 foot pipe to get it off.......
hopefully i don't break my stud hahahaha
hopefully i don't break my stud hahahaha
03-19-2006, 01:41 PM
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Okay, so apparently I tightened the lug nut tight enough to withstand a nuclear blast........
I pounded a socket on and used an 18" breaker bar and Lead pipe attached to that, all that happened, was that the inside of the socket got stripped.....
I need something like a socket, but with sharp teeth inside that will bite into the nut as i hammered it on......
If this doesn't work, I'm strongly considering trying to dremmel the lug off, or at least get through it so that is cracked and I can then break/ratchet it off....
Any suggestions?
I pounded a socket on and used an 18" breaker bar and Lead pipe attached to that, all that happened, was that the inside of the socket got stripped.....
I need something like a socket, but with sharp teeth inside that will bite into the nut as i hammered it on......
If this doesn't work, I'm strongly considering trying to dremmel the lug off, or at least get through it so that is cracked and I can then break/ratchet it off....
Any suggestions?