rear wheel stud stuck

[booger1]

on my 93 one of the wheel studs got rounded off . I tried to weld lug nut on damaged one and no luck, it just kept breaking off and i don't have a torch.  in middle of buildup with 7mge swap and someone just offered to swap wheels so not driveable yet.  I was wondering, is it possible to unbolt axle shaft and get in there with a angle grinder from back of stud or will i just mess it up?

[booger1]

my bad...  I meant lug nut.

[Rockcrawlintoy]

weld again and turn the heat up

[jimbo74]

just throw a 12 point socket on it, hammer it on, and spin it off....

this is actually how tire shops remove wheel lock kits when people lose their keys

[booger1]

got it off. ended up unbolting axleshaft and found someone with propane torch  . now I got 15x10's instead of 15x8's 

[Rocksurfer]

just throw a 12 point socket on it, hammer it on, and spin it off....

this is actually how tire shops remove wheel lock kits when people lose their keys

Must be a crappy tire shop, they make special sockets to remove wheel locks. Wheel locks will only keep the novice from getting them off.

[jimbo74]

Must be a crappy tire shop, they make special sockets to remove wheel locks. Wheel locks will only keep the novice from getting them off.

we had the lock off sets too, but sockets are much cheaper, i've used this method several times.. used it on a set i had @ home too.... and im saying most people dont have the lock off tools.... a 12 pt works jsut as good.....

i've worked for america's tire company, and wheel works; several other tire companies employ the same method as well

[Rocksurfer]

Won't find me banging my sockets on a bad lug, kinda screws them up and they ain't cheap and if they are cheap that's probably why you are having to do it in the 1st place. I just went through this same issue with 2 lugs on my Durango, and even my lock sockets wouldn't work. Ended up having to drill and torch them off.









...and no I never even considered banging on a socket, wouldn't have worked anyways.

[jimbo74]

...and no I never even considered banging on a socket, wouldn't have worked anyways.

if you havent tried it, how do you know it doesn't work?

i am not saying this method always works, but i have personally done this on many thpes of sheel locks, also have used an air chisel on some types as well

[Rocksurfer]

Oh I bet it works but like I said I'm not going to destroy my sockets. Plus in my case I didn't round off my lugs until much later in trying to remove them. I've never seen any good come from smacking a socket.

[jimbo74]

Oh I bet it works but like I said I'm not going to destroy my sockets. Plus in my case I didn't round off my lugs until much later in trying to remove them. I've never seen any good come from smacking a socket.

sockets are a dime a dozen...... i have sooo many sockets, in the same sizes its not even funny... usually ,i was able to find a socket befroe i am able to find the real tool.....

i've done it several times with quite a good deal of success, and not everyone has the wheel lock removal sockets..... 12 point sockets are pretty useless anyways

[Rocksurfer]

My Snap-On tools will not be hammered unless they are supposed to be hammered. 

[Tallchevy]

weld again and turn the heat up

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I know you got it off already but I just did this a few weeks ago to get the lock lugs off my parts truck. I got a nut that was large enough so that the lug nut would almost fit & filled the center. my came off with no problems.

My Snap-On tools will not be hammered unless they are supposed to be hammered. 

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[booger1]

actually,  I already tried the socket thing before  i forgot to mention that I already took a chisel to it, trying to make it spin and the lug nuts were cheap and weren't even long enough. last owner did it