help getting lock nuts off
25-Oct-2004, 11:50 AM
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help getting lock nuts off
Hey guys,
i have an ef with a b16 that i'd like to remove the motor from and scrap the car, but to get the motor out i have to take off the wheels (which would seem like an easy thing to do!)
anyway, the ef has 4 lock nuts on each wheel (why i don;t know), but i have no key for the lock nuts.
Just wondering if you guys have any ideas on getting them off? I've tried a few wrenches (pipe wrench, adjustable)...
this is what the lugs look like...
i have an ef with a b16 that i'd like to remove the motor from and scrap the car, but to get the motor out i have to take off the wheels (which would seem like an easy thing to do!)
anyway, the ef has 4 lock nuts on each wheel (why i don;t know), but i have no key for the lock nuts.
Just wondering if you guys have any ideas on getting them off? I've tried a few wrenches (pipe wrench, adjustable)...
this is what the lugs look like...
25-Oct-2004, 01:13 PM
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All you want out of the car is the engine,
You got lots of options
Cut the drive shafts - no need to take the wheel off
hammer off the lugs, will only work if you have steal wheels
Remove the upper and lower control arms and pop ou the drive shafts
but if you can get the tool all the better
You got lots of options
Cut the drive shafts - no need to take the wheel off
hammer off the lugs, will only work if you have steal wheels
Remove the upper and lower control arms and pop ou the drive shafts
but if you can get the tool all the better
25-Oct-2004, 05:56 PM
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I can get them off for you. I've stripped off lock nuts before with a chisel and a hammer.
Just use a small tough chisel and work away the surrounding metal then rip off the lock.
My mechanic will do it for you if you want but he'll have to charge you a bit for the work.
Just use a small tough chisel and work away the surrounding metal then rip off the lock.
My mechanic will do it for you if you want but he'll have to charge you a bit for the work.
25-Oct-2004, 07:12 PM
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I was in a similar situation this summer, needed to get a lock nut off and couldn't. For whatever reason, desparate i guess, took my car to Crappy Tire, which i NEVER do, and the mechanic used a socket much like the one pictured, but mechanics grade, and meaner looking, snap on...i think.
It was larger than the one pictured and it was a socket in itself so no need to use another socket. So you just hammer the socket on and take lug off with impact.
Or if you don't care about damaging the wheel, use and air chisel and take a chunk outta the lug.
Either way good luck.
It was larger than the one pictured and it was a socket in itself so no need to use another socket. So you just hammer the socket on and take lug off with impact.
Or if you don't care about damaging the wheel, use and air chisel and take a chunk outta the lug.
Either way good luck.
25-Oct-2004, 07:16 PM
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ok, i went to wheel wizards here in hamilton and they said i would have to know the brand name of the lug nuts to get a universal key...so after some web research i'm pretty sure they are mcguard lugs...i hope anyway..they look identical...so i've ordered a key from PI...
Yuki: thanks for the offer, but you all the way out in thornhill and the car isn;t roadworthy to drive out there...thanks for the offer tho...
btw, if anyone has a universal mcguard spline drive key and if willing to let me borrow it for 5 minutes to get the wheels off you can have the 16 nuts on the car...it would save me 20$ for a key...
Yuki: thanks for the offer, but you all the way out in thornhill and the car isn;t roadworthy to drive out there...thanks for the offer tho...
btw, if anyone has a universal mcguard spline drive key and if willing to let me borrow it for 5 minutes to get the wheels off you can have the 16 nuts on the car...it would save me 20$ for a key...
25-Oct-2004, 07:43 PM
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Originally posted by zeeman
I was in a similar situation this summer, needed to get a lock nut off and couldn't. For whatever reason, desparate i guess, took my car to Crappy Tire, which i NEVER do, and the mechanic used a socket much like the one pictured, but mechanics grade, and meaner looking, snap on...i think.
It was larger than the one pictured and it was a socket in itself so no need to use another socket. So you just hammer the socket on and take lug off with impact.
Or if you don't care about damaging the wheel, use and air chisel and take a chunk outta the lug.
Either way good luck.
I was in a similar situation this summer, needed to get a lock nut off and couldn't. For whatever reason, desparate i guess, took my car to Crappy Tire, which i NEVER do, and the mechanic used a socket much like the one pictured, but mechanics grade, and meaner looking, snap on...i think.
It was larger than the one pictured and it was a socket in itself so no need to use another socket. So you just hammer the socket on and take lug off with impact.
Or if you don't care about damaging the wheel, use and air chisel and take a chunk outta the lug.
Either way good luck.
25-Oct-2004, 07:49 PM
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snap on tools sells the tool, heres what i did to get mine off. . i went and bought 4 7/8 sockets from wally world and some jb weld....i put some jb weld into the socket and then put it over the locking lugnut and let it dry overnight and then crank it off. im pretty confident this will work cuzz it did with me.
25-Oct-2004, 09:50 PM
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^^^^^thats a good idea, unfortunately for me i had to pay crappy tire b/c i was taking off 17's i was selling when i bought my SIR's.
But fortunately i don't think Samiam cares about the wheels b/c he said he was scrapping the car.
But good idea coreyhayman
But fortunately i don't think Samiam cares about the wheels b/c he said he was scrapping the car.
But good idea coreyhayman
26-Oct-2004, 01:48 PM
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thanks for the suggestions guys...that jb weld idea is a good one, but i have 16 lock nuts on the wheels! lol...all the bolts on there are the "splinedrive" nuts...
Prophet: the nuts look exactly like the picture i have above...i don;t have a digi right now...but here is a link to the mcguard page i was looking at...
http://www.oakos.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=355&Product_Cod e=MCG84241&Category_Code=4800
the first pic (the pic with the lug nut and key) is what the nuts look like exactly...
Prophet: the nuts look exactly like the picture i have above...i don;t have a digi right now...but here is a link to the mcguard page i was looking at...
http://www.oakos.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=355&Product_Cod e=MCG84241&Category_Code=4800
the first pic (the pic with the lug nut and key) is what the nuts look like exactly...
26-Oct-2004, 01:55 PM
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I have the mcguard key.
You can come over and use it, but i'm in Mississauga.
Also, there should also be one lock nut per wheel, that look different than the image you posted above. The image above is just the spline lugs...you should also have one lock nut.
You can come over and use it, but i'm in Mississauga.
Also, there should also be one lock nut per wheel, that look different than the image you posted above. The image above is just the spline lugs...you should also have one lock nut.
