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Posted by: spare time toys Feb 25 2005, 04:45 PM

We know I found the rear of the Banana has 5 lug hubs and Im swapping them over to the racer. Weeeellll as I am going to take the wheel off the left side one of those sporty aluminum lug nuts Porsche is so proud of twisted off Anyone have a good tip as to how to get my twisted nut off

Posted by: Root_Werks Feb 25 2005, 04:56 PM

As in: Left the tappered accorn part still on the stud?

Posted by: scott thacher Feb 25 2005, 04:58 PM

drill an 1/8 inch hole down throught the lug nut then put in all steel center punch in the hole and drive it in till the nut splits

Posted by: spare time toys Feb 25 2005, 05:05 PM

QUOTE (Root_Werks @ Feb 25 2005, 05:56 PM)
As in: Left the tappered accorn part still on the stud?

Yep it snapped at the end of the nut. there is about a 16th of an inch then the taper but they put threads in that part also.

Posted by: Mueller Feb 25 2005, 05:12 PM

are you sure it broke and it's not a locking lug nut??

I had a set similar to this design at one time:
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Posted by: spare time toys Feb 25 2005, 05:42 PM

No .... it snapped off. But I didnt snap this time. No, no yelling and cussing I just roll with the flow.

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Posted by: seanery Feb 25 2005, 05:49 PM

give it a good soaking of PB Blaster while you're trying to figure out what to do

Posted by: redshift Feb 25 2005, 05:51 PM

Drive it off.

No, I mean drive.

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Posted by: xsboost90 Feb 25 2005, 05:57 PM

duuuude. I just went through a similar experience w/ a locking lug when the shop decided to keep my lock for awhile. ONe destroyed wheel later, i found it was easier to drill out the stud then to try and snap that aluminum off. ITs a biatch. Drill the stud out and get it over with. Believe me!

Posted by: ClayPerrine Feb 25 2005, 06:00 PM

I thought that the banana had adapters rather than real 5 lug hubs....

So the rear was converted but not the front?

Posted by: Mueller Feb 25 2005, 06:06 PM

time to get out the Dremel® and try to stay as close to the stud so as to prevent damage to the wheel.

I had to do that with a locking lug nut similar to the one I posted above. The remainder of the broken part was too deep to be able to get a good hit on it with a chisel.

Posted by: spare time toys Feb 25 2005, 09:02 PM

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Feb 25 2005, 07:00 PM)
I thought that the banana had adapters rather than real 5 lug hubs....

So the rear was converted but not the front?

It supprized the heck out of me when I found thes. I would have bet it was adapters all around. Wouldnt it be funny if I ever get the front trunk open to find a 911 front end in there.

Posted by: spare time toys Feb 27 2005, 04:36 PM

Well I got the wheel off but F'd up the lug hole a little. It can be saved this rim had a bad spot of curb rash any way so Ill take it to the wheel repair joint to be fixed.