Can't get Nuts off with Tyre Iron-Help??

Swift66 · 14-07-2011 09:39PM #1

Hello,

Want to change a wheel on my Transit swb, but can't get the nuts off any of the wheels with the tyre iron that came with the van.

Have tried a bit of WD40 and asked a friend who's a few stone bigger and stronger - no joy - iron always slips.

Is there any point in getting a new tyre iron or is it more lightly that the nuts were over tightened in a garage with a gun of some kind.

My own mechanic is a fair distance away, How much would a tyre place / garage charge to loosen them all for me, and let me re-tighten them by hand so I can open them when I need to.

Cheers , don't want to get stuck with a flat and have to pay some crazy call out fee

TheBody · 14-07-2011 09:43PM

You could try getting a long tubular pipe and slipping it over the end of the tyre iron to give yourself more leverage. That should do the trick for you.

stimpson · 14-07-2011 09:45PM

2 things to try - whack em with a hammer and chisel. Then try to loosen them.

Failing that heat them up with a blowtorch.

Retr0gamer · 14-07-2011 09:46PM

I find I have to give the tyre iron a good kick to get it loose enough to take them off by hand.

14-07-2011 09:47PM

Swift66 wrote: »

........... How much would a tyre place / garage charge to loosen them all for me, and let me re-tighten them by hand so I can open them when I need to.............

Quite close to nothing I imagine, once the nuts aren't rounded.
A decent extendable wheel brace should do the trick though.

Stheno · 14-07-2011 09:49PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I find I have to give the tyre iron a good kick to get it loose enough to take them off by hand.

This. During my driving test a few years ago, I got a puncture on the driving schools car, and was fecked trying to get the nuts off. In front of the tester I got the tyre iron into position and jumped on it.

It worked.

Atlantic Dawn · 14-07-2011 10:00PM

Get a breaker bar, all you need is leverage and they will come off. I have yet to meet a nut that was able to withstand the breaker bar, it either opens or it burst open with it

Buford T Justice · 14-07-2011 10:13PM

If the wheel brace keeps slipping off check and see if its the right size for the studs.

Slidey · 14-07-2011 10:19PM

If the wheel brace is slipping off the nuts get a 6 sided socket and a decent knuckle bar

The newer transit has a 21mm nut afair and a fairly coarse thread on the studs so should open handy enough. Stop using the brace if it is slipping, you will end up wrecking the nuts

DublinDilbert · 14-07-2011 10:21PM

I've never seen a tyre iron that comes with any car that's any use.

You need a breaker bar with the correct size socket on it. Or one of the x shaped wheel braces, with a bar over it.

It's all about applying torque in the right plane,you might need to use a scissors jack to support the brace so u can apply the force correctly.

Swift66 · 19-07-2011 11:08AM

Cheers for all the replies lads,

O.K. so I'm gonna get this breaker bar:

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_196407_langId_-1_categoryId_212616#dtab

Anyone know what size socket I need to get?? Are they a standard size on ford transits??

Mine is an '01 swb.

Thanks

Slidey · 19-07-2011 11:11AM

Nearly 100% sure it is a 21mm

spiggotpaddy · 19-07-2011 11:23AM

ok then when did we start saying tire iron?
i must have been on vacation that day.

do y'all keep it in the trunk?

Swift66 · 19-07-2011 05:53PM

Got breaker bar with sockets in Auto parts Finglas, was only €10 , vs the €30 I would have paid in Halfords for breaker bar and socket.

Socket size was 19mm by the way , was trying the 21mm and kept slipping , flipped over to the 19mm , just right, cheers for the help

Can't get Nuts off with Tyre Iron-Help??

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