I am replacing my steel wheels with alloys and the wheel nuts that my mechanic had tightened were so badly tightened that I broke 2 wheel studs in the process. Wheel studs from dealer only cost $10 each but replacing them is painful as brakes and discs have to come off first so that is going to cost me around $50 labour per wheel. To avoid breaking more nuts I decided that I need to loosen up the nuts before trying again. I tried spraying them with WD 40 and silicone grease spray from WD 40 and left it over night but that didn't work either.
Solution:-
Finally I came up with an idea to boil kettle if water and slowly pour the boiled water over thenut to see if that loosens up the nut. I tried one litre water on one nut, retried opening it again and it worked like a charm. So since 9pm this evening I had boiled the kettle about 11 times to get 2 wheels changed. It is a lot of patience but it is almost guaranteed to work. Just make sure you pour the boiled water slowly over the nut and also keep the cold water hose running on the tyre where boiling water falls to avoid any tyre damage.
Solution:-
Finally I came up with an idea to boil kettle if water and slowly pour the boiled water over thenut to see if that loosens up the nut. I tried one litre water on one nut, retried opening it again and it worked like a charm. So since 9pm this evening I had boiled the kettle about 11 times to get 2 wheels changed. It is a lot of patience but it is almost guaranteed to work. Just make sure you pour the boiled water slowly over the nut and also keep the cold water hose running on the tyre where boiling water falls to avoid any tyre damage.
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