I need help tonight: stripped open end lug nut

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by BANKO

Thanks guys for all the suggestions, I really appreciate all the great advice!

By some miracle I was able to get it off by removing the other 4 lugs and using the wheel to apply pressure against the back side of the nut while manually wrenching on the nut to catch some new threads.

It has been a long day, this was the last of three lug nuts that got cross threaded. Thankfully all the bad studs are in wheel adapters and won't be re-used.

New wheels are on and I'm ready for Goodguys Pleasanton tomorrow!

If I had a buck for every time the last screw, bolt, nut, whatever, jacked me up when I was almost done.... hot rodding is God's way of teaching us patience.


Jeff-