On or around 09 Dec 2004 18:47:55 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.comknujon (AN6530) enlightened us thusly:
which most nuts on alloys do; hence the difficulty removing the buggers. Welding another nut to the outer end is still the best bet, I reckon.
Rounded off wheel nuts
Dec 06, 2004
22 Replies
Ah, I'd missed the bit about alloys
My rangie had NoStyle steels on it.
P.
You can see from the other responses that none of these blokes have ever had to really do it.
I had this problem on an old Hillman. I even tried heating the nuts with oxy-acetylene. No luck.
In the end and after rounding off the nut until it was almost circular, I found the best solution was to use a Metrinch socket with a rattle gun (air impact wrench). Worked a treat.
Ron Beckett Emu Plains, Australia
1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 Litre V8
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