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lost lock nut socket
Hey,
my sierra's front tire had a bolt in it, which was holding the air hahaha, till it worn down enough for it to start leaking. Well the tires flat and i cant find my lock nut socket. Anyway to break this off at home? with out torch's / welder?
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Re: lost lock nut socket
get a 12 point socket that is just a tick too tight, and hammer it on, use a breaker bar to turn it.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
x2 on this. Most tool companies make a tool for this as well but socket usually works just as good. I usually use a 1/2 inch drive one so i can use my impact.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
You know that one is going into the ol' databank, Andy.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
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The other choice is that tire stores often have the special socket used to drive on and take the nut off. I'm not sure on that one H but you might get it with a stud puller. There is probably a socket that you can drive over it though either 12 or 8 like that 99th piece in your 99 piece tool set. Last edited by mr48chev; 03-19-2009 at 07:30 PM. |
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Re: lost lock nut socket
Two things that I have done is to borrow a wrench from my local yard and lacking the right wrench, I have welded a nut onto the special nut.
Cutting the nut of with a torch is very iffy as it is easy to mesh up the stud, Jim
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Re: lost lock nut socket
![]() Would it work for this kind of lock nut?
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Re: lost lock nut socket
Those kind are a good candidate for the chisel method. Cut about a 1/4" strait cut into it. In one of those grooves would be a good spot. Then hammer it counter clockwise. A air hammer with a chisel bit is usually about a 5 min. job.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
I would never try this, but I heard an urban legend that back in the day, you could take a can of freon and freeze the nut with it and it would become brittle, then you just hit it with a big hammer and it would break off. Look what happened to the Titanic!
Once again, I would never try this. Just something I heard. I'm not even sure why I volunteered this info. Must be bored. (Beating a socket on almost always works for me.)
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: lost lock nut socket
mine was like this;
![]() I had to do this on my old GMC, truck came with the locks, but no key/adaptor. It worked so good, I just installed them back on the truck. I would imagine it would work on yours. Don't use high dollar snap on sockets, but you don't want to use craptastic ones made in china either. I honestly found that the craftsman ones seemed to be good at this task. |
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Re: lost lock nut socket
I've smacked them on the end with a hammer,then put a nice pair of vice grips on them and twisted them off!If you smack it good it will usually loosen them. My .02
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Re: lost lock nut socket
you can also take a junk socket about the right size, tack it on with a welder and take it off, done that before in a pinch.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
did you try a hammer and chissel.
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Re: lost lock nut socket
i just hammer on of my impact sockets on it and zip it off with the air gun
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Re: lost lock nut socket
lol well they make a socket for this. its taperd on the inside. they sell them at northern tool and harbor fraight. u just put it on and it will bite down and cut into the nut till there is enough for it to take it off. also there is a tool called a nut splitter that will work here too
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Re: lost lock nut socket
looking at it you may be able to use a flat head and a hammer to tap it around till its loose enough for vise grips
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Re: lost lock nut socket
I bought a kit for these a few years ago. it cost like $15 and has like 5 different sized and types of sockets including a tool for locking hub caps. Harbor freight IIRC.
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