Snapped wheel nut removal

29 pounds lads just ordered a set from scoobyparts today :icon_rolleyes: typical . some1 handy with a cordless will get off with out much hassle if i was in dublin i'd do it for ya . studs can be changed easy caliper carrier and disc off and tap it out and a new 1 in :thumbsup:
 
Where could we get good sets from... there is a lot out there that are crap... and would the internal drive ones be better so alloys wont get scratched... but are the Drives weaker and nuts more prone to spitting??
 
Ill start the list so :icon_grin:

Tommy 555
Ken C
Bonito
Patrick Buzzin
Eli Roche
ScoobyColm
Someone else can decide where and what to get
my only preference is black ones :thumbsup:
 
Just got a look at the pics on Lap top, phone wasnt the best view.. the threads on your stud look to be damaged, that nut could have been put on the wrong threads and tightened.
 
If i was going for a Normal Chrome look Nut, i think i would just buy Subaru ones... you can be sure that they will be superior to anything aftermarket.. Maybe they are mad money.. New wheel stud is around 5euro.
 
Those nuts say no impact guns and judging from where it's sheared, it's exactly the depth the wheel nut tool goes to. It was probably tight as I'd be surprised if they've been off since they went on but I have the same set over 18months and been on and off at least 30 times since then and no issues.

It may have had a slight defect in the nut to begin with but going at it with the impact gun when it was solidly tight finished it.
 
In any garage, if a bolt/nut is too tight when pulling at it, the rattle gun is always used to loosen it. and it could be argued that the rattling effect when loosening is a lot less Brutal than the contstant torque forced on the nut with a Strong bar.....

How many of us have stood or seen someone stand on a wheel wrench or Bar to crack open a Nut?????. You may bet that 16 to 20 stone standinf on a lever will produce more force on a Nut than a Rattle gun... and the Nuts dont break like this..

If it happend when tightening it then maybe the torque was set too high, or the guy had it on wrong thread and we could blame him and call him a fool..... but then again regardless it should strip threads before the Nut would break like that...
I dont think the Chap is in anyway at fault, i would have opened them all with the rattle gun myself, as do any tyre garages/ Garages ive been in.

Ive taken off nuts off cars that have been dogged, they have brought threads off the studs with them, stripped the nut of threads, even broke the stud, I have never seen a Nut come a part like that before..

I reckon it could have originally been forced on the wrong threads, and as a result whether it was by hand or airgun.. this is how the nut sh*t itself.. = poor quality nut imo..
Or
There was a flaw/ crack in the nut from manufacture or from being taken on and off over a period a time and it broke here... but again = poor quality nut imo.

Then again, if there steel and it says dont use Airgun... then they cant be good.
 
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