How To Remove Rounded Wheel Nuts Help!

[vice5500]

I have 9 fully rounded off wheel nuts that i cant remove, they are resessed into the mag so either drilling out studs or using a female easy out will work but i dont know where to find one or where to buy one from any help ?

[Vik]

Last time that happened to me, i took it to a tyre shop and they got it off in less than half an hour, they specialise in these things

So if all fails, take it to them.

MRXTCZ

[ashneel]

hammer and a fat flat screw driver. you can break the nuts off and replace them. nice wuick and easy. just dont hit your wheel

or take it to a tyre joint

[loco_r33]

I have 9 fully rounded off wheel nuts that i cant remove, they are resessed into the mag so either drilling out studs or using a female easy out will work but i dont know where to find one or where to buy one from any help ?

dude, weld on a piece of metal, similar to an allen key, and BAM.......job done.

and buddy, you didn't learn after doing it to at least 5 wheel nuts?....were you aiming for 10?

Edited December 30, 2008 by loco_r33

[dori34]

^ LOL

i round one and i stop.

take it to a tyre shop

prob charge you $10-$20 to take the nuts off and like $3 for each new nut to replace

[WHITE R32]

its quite easy get a double hex socket and smash it into the nuts and remove them...

that or go buy a snap on "turbo" socket in the right size that will get em off for sure!!!!!!

[cuppas]

+1 smashing a socket over the wheel nut

its how we got rid of lock nuts once at work...

[BAMR33]

How the hell did round 9 nuts off?!?

[Vik]

Lols leave him alone, shit happens we all know that .

Buh yeah .. 9 ?

Anyways .. howd it go ?

Last time i went thry jacked me .. 20 bucks for one nut .. and replacement was 8 bucks .. grr.!

MRXTCZ

[Hydroxinol]

Yep, smashing a socket over them is the way to go. I lost my lock nut and was told by Tyrepower that I would need to get a panel beater to smash them off as they were the tricky type. The lock nuts were the 'rounded' type with the key pattern recessed into them.

I decided to buy a pack of deep sockets from Super Cheap for like $12 and matched the sockets against the rounded nuts. I ended up finding a size just a bit bigger than the lock nut, tapped it on with a hammer, and was able to remove it with a ratchet.

Took some time beating each nut out of the socket so the socket could be reused on another nut but it's better than replacing stripped studs from smashing them off or something.

Edited January 6, 2009 by Hydroxinol

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

ok, buy a slightly smaller socket, i.e. 1 mm smaller or just go imperial and get the wrong size, line her up with a little bit of grease and bash the s1ut over the nut, then take off as normal...

don't go crazy with the impact wrench, tends to round nuts off, especially yumcha nuts which have high tolerance to sizing.

[Phat_Toni]

Same thing happened to me, if ur wheels permit, grind a slit in the nut, grab a cold chisel and a shifter. Stick the cold chisel in the slot but dont grab the shaft of teh chisel (shifter will just open, spanners will snap etc ), grab it fairly close to the tip where its flat. also we used a piece of wood to lever against the back of the chisel to stop it slipping out of the groove. also if its the last nut on the wheel usually if the wheel is off the ground u can get about 1mm movement by wobbling the wheel back and forward, every bit counts.

[WhitePrincess]

drill the stud out, 10mm drill bit i think i used, took less than 15mins to drill out, then put a new stud in = 10mins

[NZM.031]

+1 for the smaller socket, single hex deep impact is the best as it will mangle the nut when you tap it on, giving it a good grip.. normal double hex sockets will crack down the side.... how we always do it in the shop.. much safer than drilling, grinding, etc.

cheers

Linton