Thread: Lugnut disaster
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Old 04-25-2012, 08:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It's a pain. It happened to me in the middle of an airfield with minimal tools available.

It took 3 of us to get it off. One using a prybar between the wheel and the rotor to apply pressure to the spinning stud, and another pulling on the wheel to apply pressure that way while the 3rd was using a cordless impact wrench to try and back out the nut.

If the nut is damaged and you can't get a tool on it then the only alternative is to either cut the stud with a hacksaw blade or attempt to drill it out. If there is enough room I would opt for the cut approach.

Chances are they have been using the 350Z wheel locks all along which will cause problems like this.
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