I am sure all of us at one point or another have done a similar thing.
Ken Gano wrote:
> In case any one is curious, the stuck steel screws in the aluminum wheels
> ended up being a real comedy of errors, and example of never assume anything
> and not all that difficult.
>
> In the end, much to my embarrassment the wheel caps were plastic. Once
> those were sacrificed (and I'm not sure they really are) getting the
> fasteners out simply involved a lot of penetrating oil and a pair of vise
> grips. The funny part is that I spent the better part of two evenings
> working on the assumption that they were sheet metal and trying to save
> them. I did not realize they were plastic until I put the fire wrench on
> them and they started distorting. Oh well, I wanted to buy that hand impact
> driver anyway :)
>
> Ken Gano
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