So I was trying to swap my wheels today, and I totally rounded a lugnut trying to get it off.
I always torque them to spec so Im assuming it was just corrosion from the salt seizing it on there.

ive tried hammering on a 15mm 12pt, the 14mm is too small to catch.
I have a set of "easy outs" but they are all shallow well and ive called around and doesnt seem like they make a deep well to fit over the stud.
cant fit my airchisel in the lug "hole" with out totally tearing my wheels a new one.
I want to avoid drilling out the stud if possible, anyone experience this or have any ideas of what can be done?



not the best pictures but you get the idea.
Thanks.

 

i see this almost daily. At this point you are going to have get a new wheel stud and lug nut no matter what. You have to break the lug off which will snap the wheel stud. Than take the other lugs off, take the wheel off, than replace the stud and lug

Chances are you're not gonna get it off yourself. You need to get a 1/2' impact and hammer it lose till it breaks than do the rest

99% of the time this happens by putting the lug on slightly crooked. Causing it to seize the next time you attempt to remove it

 

yep I would do the same thing - break it off with a 1/2" impact. you'll have some fun with that rounded lug.

 

Get a 12 point 19MM socket and hammer it on. Use a breaker bar for this method, not the impact. A second option is that auto stores and tool vendors sell 1/2' sockets specifically for rounded lugs. I have a set

 

You may have to use a smaller socket than a 19mm depending on how rounded it is if you started off with a 19mm nut try pounding on a 18 or even a 17mm socket onto the lug. use an impact if possible. i have had to wittle a lugnut down to a 13 before getting it off before. just find a socket than almost fits over the nut try an line up the walls as best a possible and pound that sucker on. you want it to be tight to take it off.

 

Well, it turned out after smashing the 15mm 12pt on there originally it was so raped I had no choice but to air hammer it.
I tried finding a set of deep well extractors but they are impossible to find/1000$.
ended up boneing the wheel a bit but its out.
thanks again. it wouldn't have been a problem if they weren't extended studs, and the weird part was there was still anti seize on there from last fall when I threw the wheel on there...

 

Dont use anti seize on lugs. Thats part of the problem. Anti seize ironically causes the lugs to seize. That too i see almost every day at work. Some dude takes his car to walmart for an oil change and the d-bags put anti seize on the lugs. All in all it actually causes the lugs to seize and than you run into the problem you're having right now

 

Oops yeah i meant 17mm lol typo, my bad

 

^^ I tried that method and it did not work for me, if it does not work for you try this.

I had a similar experience, what I did was take a chisel and a hammer and notch straight into the lug, then at a 45 degree to make a notch. I then took a piece of metal that I had lying around that fit the notch and pounded it down in the direction to loosen it. Im sure you could use a large, flat face screw driver too.

I had to do all four on my car so one should not be a problem.... Hit it with a ton of lube then pound the **** out of it.

 

Theirs a couple different methods but all in all the easiest way to do it is to just pound it off with an impact. It takes about a minute, its super easy, and you dont damage the rim

 

Well yea, I mean its safe to say using a air chisel to remove lugs isnt common practice but when my death metal impact completely destroyed the lug that option is no longer going to work.
Eitherway, I tapped and reset the stud and its in decent health.






winner.