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<blockquote data-quote="Cobra-21" data-source="post: 12213359" data-attributes="member: 26365"><p><strong>Update</strong></p><p></p><p>Pullled the wheel off the car, and test fit the spacer to the back of the wheel hub. Got it in as firmly as I could, even used a rubber mallet to seat it fully. Got a feeler guage and found I still had over .035 clearance between the spacer and the wheel mounting surface pads. Thats a spark plug gap!</p><p></p><p>So now more drama-went to remove the other side, got 4 lugs off and the 5th is not budging. Put a breaker bar on it and it slowly turns out. But then it just turns and turns and won't come off. So now the stud is loose and wobbly, the splines on the hub are not holding it. Now I can't even take the wheel off. So I guess this is the dreaded "LFP lugnuts had chrome on the inside threads and it won't thread off" syndrome.</p><p></p><p>So now I need to get that nut off AND install a new stud in the hub. Great weekend.</p><p></p><p>Did an hour of search to find how to fix this and here are the options I found:</p><p>Use a torch to heat it -Not an option with my brand new rims</p><p>Use a nut splitter-Not enough room to get one in there onto the lug nut</p><p>Dremel the lug nut off-Might be room to do some damage but not sure if I can get the whole thing or not.</p><p>Drill the stud out of the lugnut(drill through the end of the nut and drill the stud)-Well this may work but not sure if my 3/8 drill has the guts for the job.</p><p>Plus all these opitons have the danger of screwing up my new rims.</p><p></p><p>Any other choices you can think of? One post I saw mentioned a "freeze-off" product to make the lug nut brittle then bust it off. Anybody heard of this pruduct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cobra-21, post: 12213359, member: 26365"] [b]Update[/b] Pullled the wheel off the car, and test fit the spacer to the back of the wheel hub. Got it in as firmly as I could, even used a rubber mallet to seat it fully. Got a feeler guage and found I still had over .035 clearance between the spacer and the wheel mounting surface pads. Thats a spark plug gap! So now more drama-went to remove the other side, got 4 lugs off and the 5th is not budging. Put a breaker bar on it and it slowly turns out. But then it just turns and turns and won't come off. So now the stud is loose and wobbly, the splines on the hub are not holding it. Now I can't even take the wheel off. So I guess this is the dreaded "LFP lugnuts had chrome on the inside threads and it won't thread off" syndrome. So now I need to get that nut off AND install a new stud in the hub. Great weekend. Did an hour of search to find how to fix this and here are the options I found: Use a torch to heat it -Not an option with my brand new rims Use a nut splitter-Not enough room to get one in there onto the lug nut Dremel the lug nut off-Might be room to do some damage but not sure if I can get the whole thing or not. Drill the stud out of the lugnut(drill through the end of the nut and drill the stud)-Well this may work but not sure if my 3/8 drill has the guts for the job. Plus all these opitons have the danger of screwing up my new rims. Any other choices you can think of? One post I saw mentioned a "freeze-off" product to make the lug nut brittle then bust it off. Anybody heard of this pruduct? [/QUOTE]
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