How to remove a stubborn wheel bolt!

I was helping a mate out with his 84' Rangerover and some of the 27mm (yes they are massive) wheel bolts would not budge, we tried both of us jumping on a breaker bar (combined weight of 27 stone!)..

Heres the solution! Very stupid I know, and we did actually manage to shatter the end of the bar.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Rangerover
• Rage
• Rover
• wheel
• bolt
• funny
• dangerous
• stupid
• suspension
• 4x4

[93Roadkill]

this range rover has studs on the hub, not the style of the volkswagon and benz, and they shouldnt be torque to 120 to 140 ft/pounds, they should only be torqued to 100 ft/lb

[daveylc]

@93Roadkill LAND ROVER NOT RANGE ROVER.. SO BOLTS NOT NUTS... Why are there so many smart arses on Youtube?

[daveylc]

A (LUG) NUT screws onto a stud/lug, this car does not have studs/lugs.

[daveylc]

Is everyone seriously arguing about whether or not this model has wheel bolts or nuts? Just for the record its a Range Rover (not Land Rover) and it has wheel BOLTS, you know the things with a hexagonal head and a threaded shaft.

[nunga000]

@heyitstheo47 If your so fucking good at removing bolts why are you looking at this video?

[blakes707]

If you put a little copper grease on the end of your bolts next time you want to take them off you shouldn't have this trouble,hope this helps....

[TeaBagger5000]

Just put the wrench on the lug nut with the handle on the ground in front of the wheel and drive ahead.

[ruiferreira89]

Had that problem with an agricultural trailer. The bolts were a massive 37mm, we had to borrow a set of huge sockets with a wrench and a big pipe. It only came off after me and my brother both jumped on the end of the pipe.

[Dualshock21]

i think you broke the bolt

[kreeperzulu4]

@JBDragon1 That could be one problem why you might have warped brakes but there are a multitude of things that can take place that would/could warp your brakes.

if your brakes are hot and you wash your car and spray cold water on them that can warp them.

if your brakes are cold and you get on the highway and have to slam your brakes on cold then that can also warp them. lots of ways.

[kreeperzulu4]

I totally thought the truck was going to drive forward with the bar on the ground from the thumbnail pict!! now that i think about it. that might work. however a breakerbar and a quik jolt is my fav technique when over torqued . I find that the slower i remove the bolt the more the chance of breaking the bolt or nut whatever.

[KlasykaPolskiegoHH]

hahaha i like the idea but probably you will brake the bar before nuts will get lose :D

[yurifiero]

I never thought of doing anything like this... Id be afraid it would just snap the stud. I usually just get my torches out and heat the lug nut up till it is cherry red then try unloosening it. Normally works for me.

[JBDragon1]

If your forced to take lugs off that way, they were tightened down way to tight!!! You especially have to watch out of shops that just Air gun them tight without even a torque bar. I hand tighten my wheels with a Torque Wrench. It's amazing how I can take them off by hand.

If your wheels aren't tightened correctly, you can in fact warp your brake rotors.

If you step on your brakes and the steering wheel starts to shake, that's the problem.