How NOT to remove a damaged wheel nut

frank gallagher

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2684546



what a plank

mullingar

frank gallagher wrote: »

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2684546



what a plank

Somebody should have hit him with a plank. FFS, cutting an alloy to remove a rung nut. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Why did fast-fit spring to mind?

VinnyTGM

Yeh, but he gets the job done, dosen't he! :pac:

Mycroft H

what a nob...... pretty much the most awkward way of removing that bolt.

Though there is that moment of sheer frustration when want to fling your spanner/socket into the next county when you sheer a bolt :pac:

Moral of the story is - buy a torque wrench

mullingar

+1 on the torque wrench.

It really pi$$es me off seeing tyre fitters use air guns set to 200-300 Nm's when 90% of cars only need 70-140Nm's (eg Lexus's are 76Nm, Fords are 130Nm).

To give an idea to those uneducated:

100Nm's is 100 Newtons applied at a lever length of 1 meter
100 Newtons divided by 9.8 (gravity for Earth) is approx 10kgs levered at 1 meter
Most tyre levers are around 25cms long, so 100/25 = 40kg = around 6 stone if you want to stand on the end of the tyre lever

/rant over

biko

Could have been worse, he could have cut some nice looking alloys

2 stroke

Why on earth would you stand on the end of a tyre lever?

mullingar

2 stroke wrote: »

Why on earth would you stand on the end of a tyre lever?

Ive seen it done so many times where people jump on the lever as they dont know how tight it should be :rolleyes:

2 stroke

A tyre lever is for removing the tyre from the rim, what you are referring to is a wheel brace.

johnos1984

Idiot+Tools+a simple problem= disaster

mullingar

2 stroke wrote: »

A tyre lever is for removing the tyre from the rim, what you are referring to is a wheel brace.

Fair enough, its getting late, but im sure you knew what i meant

CyberGhost

mullingar wrote: »

+1 on the torque wrench.

It really pi$$es me off seeing tyre fitters use air guns set to 200-300 Nm's when 90% of cars only need 70-140Nm's (eg Lexus's are 76Nm, Fords are 130Nm).

To give an idea to those uneducated:

100Nm's is 100 Newtons applied at a lever length of 1 meter
100 Newtons divided by 9.8 (gravity for Earth) is approx 10kgs levered at 1 meter
Most tyre levers are around 25cms long, so 100/25 = 40kg = around 6 stone if you want to stand on the end of the tyre lever

/rant over

robtri

ohhh man what a complete plank....

hobochris

When I had a Kia rio(mk1),if a wheel nut went, you used to have to snap the nut/bolt off, metal was to crap for heat or anything else. I ended up having to keep wheel nuts and bolts in the car.

Had to do it twice at the side of the road with a flat tire, that car nearly made a mechanic of me.