In this video I address multiple plroblems but its all just common stuff most of us have to deal with at some point. I hope you enjoy sharing in the struggle!
Class, today Brian will demonstrate the physics of how a lug nut can't be tight if the stud is liquid. Nice save Brian! I've had to get creative before but never to the point of needing a torch to remove a wheel.
i had one come in the shop the same way i started drilling in the center of the stud and kept going larger and larger until the nut fell off and then replaced the stud
Damn,, I was hoping you were going to take the fork lift, turn the truck on it's side and use the Radial Arm Drill to take care of that little problem... Oh Well, Maybe next time :)
We had that years ago with our runabout van on our farm. Gas-axe'd the stuck nut off on a Sunday morning in the rain so mum could get to church withe 4 inflated tyres.. On the Monday we drove it to tyre shop and made them remove all the wheels and refit them with hand tools only. Never went back there again.
Getting to where you can't trust or depend on anyone anymore. Glad that you got the tire off. Good to see you back on. I was wondering why I had not seen you for awhile Brian. Have a great weekend.
I agree. Too much blind confidence and arrogance in the world. Typically if you point out their mistakes people just get upset. Best to work on your own stuff whenever possible. I still haven't found a good dentist.
Going full Gonzo is always an option. I keep a 1/2" breaker bar and a 13/16" deep well. Covers the truck, and all of my trailers, and most everybody else's trailers too.
This happened to my brother once,got 4 new tyres one day and went to replace the brake pads the next only to spend several hours undoing the wheal nuts.Once he got the wheals off he checked the studs and they were all stretched out of spec.He billed the shop for the costs.
Good save Brian. Why can't people properly tighten a simple wheel nut. They usually rattle it on till the air gun stops, then the torque wrench goes click so it must be good. If the nut doesn't move some with the torque wrench you don't know if it was over torqued. You know that, I am just stating it for others to read. I have not been able to torch of lug nuts on customer's vehicles, they would cry about the flame marks and want a new wheel. If a lug nut will not loosen on a passenger vehicle, I will try tightening it till the stud breaks. I sometimes have to drill out the center of the stud to do so, but one turn tight or 20 turns loose over FUBAR"d threads is usually easier. Then the assembly gets all new studs and nuts, because I can't trust the last person that started this problem. Again this rant isn't against you Brian I know your experience and you always do a great job. I just wanted to share my experience with this problem. Keep up the great. Thanks for sharing.
👍👍.. it's either that or the wheel comes rallying right off cause the tire shop didn't tighten them enough 🤣🤣had that happen to a Dakota in fact... regardless, wheel fasteners and any other probably need to be tightened to the proper amount..no more,no less...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣but anyway thanks for the video feller 👍👍👊
I had to do an off road driving course to use mine site roads and part of the class was change a wheel,part of that was get the torque right 50-60 foot pounds only needs a one foot tyre iron and your body weight kneeling next to the wheel.
@@mathewritchie, In today’s world everyone needs to take a Drivers Education course to get their driver’s license. I think part of that course should involve learning how to change a tire, boys and girls alike. You never know when a situation comes around and you can’t even operate a Jack to get a tire off.
And since a tire coming loose would be a clear liability, they just torque them to max and be done with it. If you can't get your tire off later or the lug or bold strip off, that's not as clearly their fault, so they go that route...
Years ago I worked with a guy that showed up late for work one day - same thing happened to him. He was strong like bear and actually bent a cross style lug nut wrench trying to get the wheel off, but was not able to. I guess this kind of thing has been going on for at least 60 years - there's always some ape ready to mess things up.
I always appreciate whatever you choose to share. Last year I twisted to lug nuts off of my ol' "Ponniac Stunfinder"... it feels good to break and then repair stuff eh? Thank you from Canada, eh? 😊
I have at least two people a week come to me with wheels that other folks can’t remove; and I’m in the ghetto within walking distance of about ten used tire dealers. My torch is pretty much my most useful tool for removing stuck wheels, well living in the rust belt, it’s pretty much my most useful tool period.
It’s funny how most tire shops have signs that say to retorque wheels after such and such mileage but yet they can’t seem to get it right. My go to is usually welding a nut to the stripped out wheel nut but those wheels looked like that maybe wasn’t an option
I ran into a similar situation with my wife's car last week.....was rotating the tires and the stupid anti theft lug key broke, halfway through. I considered the torch, but ended up using a piece of pipe and 6011 welding rod for the win!
today's cars have Lugnuts with a Crome cover. they often with usage will round and start spinning. as a long time auto technician i am aware of a lot of quick and easy ways to deal with this that sometimes are very quick and easy. they do not always work and sometimes you still have to go the long way. so the long way is to use a pair of vise grips to pull the chrome cover. then use the remaining nut as a pilot, then drill the stud until all threads are gone. this might take a little longer but it is the exception to the rule. it will work every single time if executed properly. using a cutting torch requires a lot of technique. what i am talking about requires a cordless drill and some good drill bits. 12mm or 7/16 stud = 7/16 cobalt drill . if you do this you will save all of the other parts rim, rotor, hub, what ever els.
Over here the tyre fitters have either a regulation or at least a gentleman's agreement or code of conduct that says the final tightening is done with a torque wrench not am impact set to full.
Last time I had a tire fitted by a shop I needed double the correct torque to loosen it again. Apparently a $20 torque wrench is too expensive or the 30 seconds to use them too inconvenient. Fuck them, I change my tires myself. And this is in Germany, the land of overengineering...
Had to replace a rear wheel bearing on my son's car, the hardest part was removing the lug nuts, over torqued and rusted on, when I finished I went around and loosened the other wheels, just a dab of antisize and retorqued at proper spec.
Not much sense in spending energy on angry side quests, at least that’s my point of view. I know as soon as I start thinking emotionally rather than rationally a hard job will only get more difficult, and quickly as energy resources get more and more depleted. Best of luck on future jobs.
My brother had Walmart change his oil. When he went to change the oil, he could not remove the drain plug. He took it back to Walmart and they could not remove it either. Walmart paid the local Ford dealer to remove the drain plug.
Tightened with the wrong size socket I bet. A lot of people are worried about tires coming loose from a lot of reports of them coming off so they over tighten them. Metric nuts usually get confused for standard.
I was wondering if you could have attacked the lug stud from the back of the hub? Either way, nice work with not destroying the rim in the process; I cannot trust myself to be that gentle with a torch yet.
Would have had to taken the wheel bearings off and pulled the whole hub to go after the back of the stud. Not sure I could get the caliper off without getting the wheel off though.
It's hard to be sure with the ball cap in the way, but it looks like he's cutting with no eye protection. I'm imagining some crusty old surgeon looking at Brian's eye in the ER shaking his head and saying "Well, this aint good".
Anybody who has a Chrysler product, get a new set of aftermarket lug nuts, take the factory nuts off and recycle them as scrap metal. You will find many videos of how to remove them after the outer hex strips off.
5'll do it. I used to pop one on the front right on an RD grossing 80K here about every 2 weeks. Slowed down in a left hand curve a little. Never pupped another. Glad you made it and them boys need no cheaters. Blessings
Remember years ago took a truck to the tire depot, to get it off guy used the normal airgun, nope, biggie airgun, nope, 4 foot breaker bar jumping up and down on it - he were'nt a ballerina either, about 200 +pounds - nope, 4 foot long scaffold pole cheater jumping up and down until "COIK!" Real loud!
@@Hoaxer51 I have 10 other dogs but none of them are like Baily. Baily could be left to do his own thing and everything was fine. The other dogs are like toddlers and I don’t have time to deal with that so I rarely have them in the shop.
They would likely say they there are no guarantee that they were the last to work on the vehicle. When I have tires installed, I ask to see the torque value on the wrench. A word of caution, don’t apply a lubricant to the threads or the nut during installation. It will reduce nut factor significantly, so when torque per spec is applied you will have an over-torqued condition. The OEM spec is for clean dry threads.
