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
Root_Werks
Feb 25 2005, 04:56 PM
As in: Left the tappered accorn part still on the stud?
scotty914
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
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.
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:
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.
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
redshift
Feb 25 2005, 05:51 PM
Drive it off.
No, I mean drive.
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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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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