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Craig1017
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Posted: 24 July 2021 at 10:17am |
Looking for some idea help on how to remove some wheels I’m trying to salvage when nearly all the lug bolts are spinning? Nuts are frozen to the lug bolt, but the bolt is spinning where it would be pressed into the drum from the backside.
I’m afraid if I take a torch to them, it may gouge the wheel.
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Craig1017
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Not sure it matters, but the rear axle is an offset Dana 44 from a later CJ, the front is a Dana 27
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TERRY
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Can you pull the hub/drum assemblies and work from the back to secure the stud.
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BOULDER 48 2A
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Bufordjeep
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Not that it matters once the bolt is spinning are (were) they left or right threads?
Might a nut cracker help? Had luck with cutting a slot into the face of the bolt for a screwdriver. Heat the lug nut, cool, apply a penetrant, repeat a few times, then a final heat, hold the bolt with a screwdriver & many times it comes off.
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jeepgod2000
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Two ideas:
1) heat the lug nuts red hot and split with a sharp cold chisel 2) put a cutting wheel in your grinder and split both the nut and lug bolt. Finish with a chisel when you get close to the wheel Both have worked for me. Good luck
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Oldpappy
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Usually the result of someone using the wrong tool and cutting the swaged portion of the studs too deep and ruining the hubs.
I think you will have to do as Terry suggests and secure the studs from the rear of the probably already ruined hubs.
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