Pulling wheels off the parts Jeep. All but two lugnuts came loose. One I managed to strip, the other I managed to break... And these wheels are alloys, not steels. So I couldn't just hit them with a cutoff tool.
Thanks to friends for letting me borrow extraction sockets, I did get the one stripped nut off.
The other broke off the top when I tried to take it off, and there was nothing for any socket to grab onto. I originally thought I could cut into it with a carbide bit in a dremel, but broke two carbide bits...
Tried to chisel on it, just tore it up and mashed it. So, I tried to drill into the mashed sections (which I managed to get though), and then tried a sharpened chisel again. Nope....
Then I had an epiphany...
Grabbed the hole saw set I got from the Chinese tool store for cheap. Smallest cutter chucked in the drill and over the lug... A little cutting oil and I'll be darned if the cheap tool didn't chew right through that lugnut. And, its still sharp. GO figure.
I did screw up the wheel though. Just a little.:repair:
But I think I can still use this wheel for a spare.
But not a primary wheel anymore...
So the question is, would anyone here run this wheel as a primary, or like me, set it aside as a spare?
Thanks to friends for letting me borrow extraction sockets, I did get the one stripped nut off.
The other broke off the top when I tried to take it off, and there was nothing for any socket to grab onto. I originally thought I could cut into it with a carbide bit in a dremel, but broke two carbide bits...
Tried to chisel on it, just tore it up and mashed it. So, I tried to drill into the mashed sections (which I managed to get though), and then tried a sharpened chisel again. Nope....
Then I had an epiphany...
Grabbed the hole saw set I got from the Chinese tool store for cheap. Smallest cutter chucked in the drill and over the lug... A little cutting oil and I'll be darned if the cheap tool didn't chew right through that lugnut. And, its still sharp. GO figure.
I did screw up the wheel though. Just a little.:repair:
But I think I can still use this wheel for a spare.
But not a primary wheel anymore...
So the question is, would anyone here run this wheel as a primary, or like me, set it aside as a spare?
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