lug bolts

Paul Gilbert (pgilbert(at)worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 11:53:37 -0500


An idiot at the local tire repair shop with a week mind and very strong air wrench tightened to lugs down on my SV so tight that I had to stand on my X lug wrench to get three of them off. The fourth broke off all by its self.

I started to remove a bolt from my parts car, but alas the bolt is too long to be removed. It looks like replacement will entail pulling the hubs. I have a good sized gear puller and it won't budge the hub. I assume this is what I have been reading about on this list when people talk of zillion pound hydraulic presses.

How do you build one of these? I assume that you weld a plate with the lug bolt pattern punched into it onto some type of cadge to hold a hydraulic cylinder which presses on the axle. I have a small jack. Will these work in the horizontal position? Is there a source of something better that will not require a second mortgage on my home?