by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 02/24/2017 at 01:06
by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 02/24/2017 at 01:06
Tags: Diy aka y god y
STARS: 1
So, put a metal rod around my (non-torque) socket wrench and pulled like a bastard. Nothing. This after 24 hours of soaking in penetrating oil. Not only did the lugs not budge, but one sheared pretty nice too.
I also may have thrown out my back a little. I actually pulled the car back six inches with my force... This was with the parking brake engaged, people.
I’m taking it to the Schuabbity Schuab on Saturday. This is ridiculous.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
02/24/2017 at 01:14, STARS: 0
Drill it
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
02/24/2017 at 01:17, STARS: 0
This is why I’m never moving out of the bible belt again. I’d be so pissed over something as ridiculous as that.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
02/24/2017 at 01:18, STARS: 0
Left hand drill pls. Use a nice one, lugnuts are probably very hard.
Actually just take it somewhere with a big Bertha impact wrench.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/24/2017 at 01:21, STARS: 2
Time for “new” Tercel.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/24/2017 at 01:25, STARS: 0
I am working on getting something but it’s no Tercel.
"facw" (facw)
02/24/2017 at 01:33, STARS: 0
I feel like the real solution is to build cars out of stuff that doesn’t rust so easily. Then we can live in places that aren’t the South, and not have cars that disintegrate or get stuck together depending on corrosion location...
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 01:34, STARS: 14
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the Tercel.”
-Archimedes
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 01:35, STARS: 1
Paseo
"Axial" (axial)
02/24/2017 at 01:43, STARS: 1
Is it rust, or did some goon at a service center just impact it on using max settings without a single fuck given?
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/24/2017 at 01:49, STARS: 0
Goon service :/
"Axial" (axial)
02/24/2017 at 01:53, STARS: 0
You tried heating it up?
"Berang" (berang)
02/24/2017 at 02:11, STARS: 3
You’re supposed to use a breaker bar and then jump up and down on it to shock it off.
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
02/24/2017 at 02:24, STARS: 0
Well...snap (so to speak).
Here’s hoping the back is OK, man
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
02/24/2017 at 02:38, STARS: 0
They like friction welded it all up in that.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
02/24/2017 at 02:44, STARS: 2
I get laughed at for this, but I always take my own wheels off and use my other car (or borrow one) to take them to the shop. I dont like them jacking up the car and tightening the wheel bolts, for this reason and fear theyll mess up the jacking points.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 03:51, STARS: 1
Fiesta sedan.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/24/2017 at 07:04, STARS: 0
Damn idyiots!
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
02/24/2017 at 07:26, STARS: 0
left thread? - rightey loosey?
edit. Couldn’t tell from image what I was looking at right away. Nope. Should be leftey loosey.
I can ask? Why are you using your back to loosen? Why not step on the wrench?
On the bright side, if there was a child/puppy under the car and you needed to move the car off, you know you could! At least 6 inches
"RacinBob" (racinbob)
02/24/2017 at 08:02, STARS: 0
Find someone with an impact and give it a try. We were once trying to get the wheels off and after breaking not one but two studs on the first wheel, I asked for help and a buddy came over with a compressor and in about 3 minutes he had the remaining 18 lug nuts off.
Impact wrenches are the way to go. Good luck.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
02/24/2017 at 09:47, STARS: 0
Impact gun. The percussion can break it loose without quite so much risk of deforming the metal.
Also a torsional failure and a shear failure are not the same thing. But that’s just down to semantics.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
02/24/2017 at 09:49, STARS: 0
Threw your back out? You’re doing it wrong! The bar should be set horizontal so you can step on it. I’d be careful about bouncing too much so you don’t break a socket. Add some pounds to the equation!
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
02/24/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 0
You try an impact to rattle it off?
"ivnic8" (sasgxl)
02/24/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 1
That lug nut looks wrong for the wheel. It looks like the points of the nut are inside the opening - almost flush with the brake. For that wheel, I would expect some kind of lip at the end of the nut to hold the wheel on.
If you could file/sand down the points of the nut, you might be able to take the wheel off without removing the nut.
You could always get one of those torque multipliers and that would get it off, but I bet it would sheer the stud/damage the wheel before the nut comes loose.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
02/24/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 1
Man, did Archimedes have some incredible foresight - predicting a car that wouldn’t exist for a couple thousand years.
What a guy.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/24/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 0
That sucks. Hopefully you won’t need new lug studs. *fingers crossed*
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
02/24/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 0
If it’s as tight as it’s made out to be, I’d be replacing the stud on priciple. No way it hasn’t been yielded, whenther in tension or torsion, not to mention the threads.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/24/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 0
VERY good point.