Re: lug bolts

Ray Frazier (rayf(at)airmail.net)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:02:55 -0700


I learned this today and tried it. It worked great! -----Original Message----- From: John Souders <frodo4(at)ix.netcom.com> To: Paul Gilbert <pgilbert(at)worldnet.att.net> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 11:29 PM Subject: Re: lug bolts

>Did you try the usual trick of , after tightening the puller as much as
>possible, hittting it hard on the end with large hammer. This usually
>does it.
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>John
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>You wrote:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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?
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