Rusted wheel nut on my savage.....

[pitbull14218]

OK, well basically i decided to try to take off my wheels and basically they are rusted on.... i used some Muilti Purpose Lube and still no go.... i figured i would see if this has happened to someone else on here before, and what was done to remove the nut.... I dont know how far this might go, but i might eventually have to cut my rim off and replace the studs and lug nuts.... any ideas would be nice!

 

[olds97_lss]

When attempting to loosen, is your wrench slipping or is it spinning on the hex? If it's spinning on the hex, the rim is already shot.

I cross threaded one once... got a bit over zealous with a drill and a nut driver. It spun the wheel hex, so I couldn't get any bite on it and ended up just cutting the center of the wheel out with a dremel.

 

[pitbull14218]

Actually, it was the first time i went to take the wheels off, I didnt know that on the left side of the truck its loosey tighty lol, i can't believe they designed the truck to be like that... but i stripped the one lug nut, so tomorrow I'm going to try to get a socket on it, and I'm about to order 4 of each side lug nut because i have to order 4 of either side lol.

 

[Oliemoetor]

Replacement parts is importent - Things happen.
About the locknut pull hard and replace damaged nuts - it's the cheapest solution.

 

[evilgrin]

Perfect example of RTFM.
The wheel nuts are designed like that for a reason, otherwise the wheel nuts will back out and you will lose your wheels in the middle of a run.

 

[olds97_lss]

What's stupid is that on my t-maxx, revo and 2wd vehicles that all have normal threads on both sides of the rig do not come loose any more frequently than the savage ones. What's even a bit more stupid is that the HPI 17mm hex/flange nuts are all normal thread. So, I had to buy two new axles stubs to run the 17mm hubs.

 

[pitbull14218]

UPDATE:

So as i was spinning my front tires, i notice the one with the stripped nut was wobbling... i kept thinking to myself why is it wobbling!!!! Then all of a sudden it just fell off lol.... basically i must of lubed it up enough that maybe the lub softened the plasitc rims and when i was trying to loosen it(but was tightening it due to design flaws) i must of pinched the hole in the rim enough that it is oversized and went over the nut... so i got the nut off now lol, but now i need a rim unless i can fit a washer... but I'm leaning towards rims now i liked the stock ones!!!!

 

[Tmaxx96]

so buy some new stock ones

 

[gnarkill]

Beat the Sh*t out of your rim to get it small and heat that sucker up with the blow torch. Or you can use some man power.