Empower Your Toolkit Unraveled Secrets of Stripped Lug Nut Removal

Get an Easy Out (I could not find one deep enough to fit the lug bolt, so I made my own) and have it welded to the socket you remove the lug ... You want to apply a moderate but limited amount of tilting force on the rim while turning the nut CCW for a relatively small number of turns to ... With rounded off nuts we typically use a deep 12 point socket and hammer it over top of the nut. If you have any more ... Fortunately, I was able to remove all, but 1, by driving a slightly smaller socket on there and after I had the lug nut broken loose and turning ... If they are that tight and stripped the best way would be splitting the nut. Either with a chisel or if a nut splitter will fit, that would be ... I was able to loosen 3 with the spare tire jack's wrench. And that was only by standing on it. Needless to say, I'm pissed. do a search for "lug nut remover" on matcotools.com... they sell sockets that will take them right off.... PS- try the other methods first! 2002 ... They make sockets specifically for rounded lug nuts, they have spiral groves on the inside, and are supposed to grip the nut enough so you can ... After many hammer blows, and when the cheap socket is good and cold welded onto the nut, then get a ratchet and screw the nut off. The nut and ... Take a smallish flat blade screwdriver and a hammer. Punch the screwdriver through the end of the nut with the hammer. Keep working away with the screwdriver.