Lug nut bolts won't come off

[reggit]

As Brendan says above, driving the car with 4 bolts loose can make the seized one loosen off - you need to listen for the wheel starting to knock as it loosens then nip the other 4 up.

[S60man]

These are good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFh8Pci5gpc

[tyronekndrck]

I already went to junk yard and got a good set of hubs, calipers, and ordered new control arms and Axles. I tried drilling threw the bolts and got 50% through one of em and just think it take too long. I now am dealing with 5 bolts total. I think somebody put a spell on my rims. I just don't understand how a stud can be seized a few minutes after tightening a little over finger tight. All of the rear tire studs come out very easy. Maybe my Axles being bad contributed to it I don't know

[XC70Bob]

How long would drilling have taken compared to stripping and rebuilding the front end on both sides , never mind the cost and you still have to get the wheels off.

sounds to me like you cross threaded the studs when you refitted them.

[tyronekndrck]

Originally Posted by XC70Bob

How long would drilling have taken compared to stripping and rebuilding the front end on both sides , never mind the cost and you still have to get the wheels off.

sounds to me like you cross threaded the studs when you refitted them.

I also bought new Rim tires from salvage

[dunnydave]

Originally Posted by dacvolvo

I had a locking nut stripped and I couldn't remove it last year. A few local garages tried everything and couldn't remove it either. Breaker bars were destroyed, heat wouldn't work, freezing wouldn't work and so on. I was told about an independent, one man, specialist in Motherwell, near Euro Central, Scotland. Apparently he's contract hired by the RAC, the AA, BMW, Aston Martin, etc whenever they have severely stuck wheel bolts.

I took my Volvo to him and within 3 minutes, the bolt was off. Cost is £10 per wheel bolt, but I don't think this would help you, looking at your location.

Since then, I've removed all wheel nuts, dabbed the threads in copper grease and refitted. A year later and I've removed all bolts and locking nuts 2 months ago when my alloys were refurbished. No problems whatsoever.

Not a bad idea to copper grease the threads a little. Stops the rust.

Good luck.

Rust isn't the problem its morons using air tools

If you feel the need to lubricate the threads be sure to reduce the recommended torque figurec accordingly as the figures provide are for " dry " bolts

[dacvolvo]

Originally Posted by dunnydave

Rust isn't the problem its morons using air tools

I'd still rather be faced with an over tightened nut that had been copper greased. Puts the odds in your favour.

Plus deters the rust 😀