How do I get this lug off?

David Anderson · June 27, 2020, 08:05:11 PM

I just stopped at my destination in Cheney WA and noticed the broken studs on my drivers side. What is the best way to get the remaining stud off the inside dual? A pipe wrench with a jack maybe? Left hand threads. I will be here a week.
David

luvrbus · June 27, 2020, 09:13:00 PM

Pull the outer wheel a pipe wrench should do it,me I would go to a tire shop they have tool for removing those or buy your own for $100 bucks tire shop is the cheapest and you are in Les Schwab territory so not a problem there

benherman1 · June 28, 2020, 08:39:21 AM

If yours are really good and stuck like mine were you can take a dremel with a 90 degree turn attachment and a tiny cutoff wheel to it to help it come loose. Just be careful to not cut into the wheel or inner stud. Heat helps as well though you want to avoid cooking everything of course.

luvrbus · June 28, 2020, 09:19:07 AM

For less than 50 bucks take it to Les and save some grief and time,lol that is only 10 loads of clothes David at your place of business

benherman1 · June 28, 2020, 09:28:06 AM

If its $50 I'd agree for sure. My method took a solid 2 hours per lug and wasn't fun at all. Unfortunately with the rest of what I needed to work on I didn't want to drive it anywhere and was quoted $150 per hour to even get a guy out there.

David Anderson · June 28, 2020, 05:47:05 PM

It looks like there may be enough thread to get a nut on it after the outer dual is removed. If it bottoms out on the inner nut flange it could unscrew it. I will check with Les Swab Monday. Just down the street from me

David Anderson · June 28, 2020, 05:55:18 PM

I took one outer nut off a good stud. There is 1" of thread on the 2 broken studs. They should come off in a reasonable fashion.

luvrbus · June 28, 2020, 06:03:11 PM

You cannot get it off without taking the outside wheel off, the taper on the inside nut prevents the nut from coming through the wheel if I understand what you are trying to do

TomC · June 28, 2020, 06:08:52 PM

This is why I use Never Seize on all my lug nuts. Never had a frozen one. Good Luck, TomC

luvrbus · June 28, 2020, 06:17:09 PM

Quote from: TomC on June 28, 2020, 06:08:52 PM
This is why I use Never Seize on all my lug nuts. Never had a frozen one. Good Luck, TomC

Lol you know how to stir up s^^^ on a Sunday night TomC

6805eagleguy · June 28, 2020, 06:49:05 PM

Here we go...😱😱

David Anderson · June 28, 2020, 07:53:13 PM

Quote from: luvrbus on June 28, 2020, 06:03:11 PM
You cannot get it off without taking the outside wheel off, the taper on the inside nut prevents the nut from coming through the wheel if I understand what you are trying to do

Right, I realize that. I have the tools to do this, but not my electric impact to spin them up. Would have to do it manually which is really slow. I'm with my volunteer group and need to work with them all week, not work on the bus. I will make an appt with Schwab probably for July 6 when we are off.

David Anderson · June 28, 2020, 07:57:09 PM

This is frustrating however. I think this is the 8th stud to break on me in the last 5 years. Does it normally happen this often?

luvrbus · June 28, 2020, 08:18:04 PM

Are you buying good inner nuts and the right inner nut for your setup ? they usually don't break unless the stud is to short for the inner nut and leaves to much of the inner nut with no thread on the inside,we had to change all of Gary Hatts inner nuts a tire shop installed the wrong inner nuts on his Eagle

David Anderson · June 28, 2020, 08:38:38 PM

This is the first time I had them break on the duals. All the other failures were on the front or bogeys.