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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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i have a 9-spline lug nut set and my key is stripped. some lug nuts are stripped also. i called called or visited sears,discount tire, courtney tire, ab & t tires, wheel depot, fox tools, knova tools, autozone, kragen, carquest, and a bunch of other wheel and tire shops around my city, but i coulnt find anyone who knew how to take off my 9-spline lug nuts. i also browsed forums and searched youtube, but to no luck.
i would be tremendously appreciative if someone could help me find the solution to my problem. so far i have tried hammering in a 3/8 drive, hammering in a chisel and attaching a socket at the end of the chisel, and i have tried hammering a socket on the lug nut(nothing fits around the lug nut).

i humbly ask my fellow honda enthusiasts for help...please
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 04:25 AM
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Have you applied any heat to the lug nuts to help get them to free up?
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 04:48 AM
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And if heat doesn't work, you could weld on a nut to the top of them, depending on how much they stick out of the rim, you can do this on alot of OEM wheels, not so much on aftermarket tho.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 05:16 AM
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Well if ut gonna trash em. I hammer on a slightly smaller socket and that usually gets em off but then u gotta nother lil fight wit it bein stuck in the socket. Nuttin a vice and screwdriver wit a hammer cant fix haha.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by toyomatt84
Have you applied any heat to the lug nuts to help get them to free up?
no, i havent done that yet. thank you very much for the tip. im not sure how ill complete that task without a blow tourch, but now i know that applying heat might do the trick.

Originally Posted by cpl rampage
And if heat doesn't work, you could weld on a nut to the top of them, depending on how much they stick out of the rim, you can do this on alot of OEM wheels, not so much on aftermarket tho.
wow, never thought to weld another piece to it, sounds like that would definately work. thanks for the tip.

Originally Posted by jdmcivicracer89
Well if ut gonna trash em. I hammer on a slightly smaller socket and that usually gets em off but then u gotta nother lil fight wit it bein stuck in the socket. Nuttin a vice and screwdriver wit a hammer cant fix haha.
yup, i hammered a t-60 hex into the lug nut. it was on there pretty tight, but my 3/8 extension snapped while trying to get it off and there is no room to turn it without using an extension. im begining to think that the previous owner had the wrong size lug nuts on the wheels, because they are way to hard to get off.

thanks for your help

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