Quick and Easy Lug Nut Cap Removal
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Quick and Easy Lug Nut Cap Removal
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Use a 27mm socket (1-1/16 is too tight) to remove a capped lug nut. Leave the socket on the lug nut. Place a spacer about 30mm in length inside the lug nut. This can be a bolt, steel spacer, 1/4 extension, etc. Thread a M16 x 1.5P bolt into the lug nut by hand. Use an appropriate socket and hand tool or impact driver to continue threading the bolt into the lug nut until the cap pops off. The exposed steel lug nut will now take a 26mm socket (1 inch will not work).
26mm 6-point sockets can be tricky to find. Here's a few sources:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....group_ID=20767
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_1...=1327274596961
Use a 27mm socket (1-1/16 is too tight) to remove a capped lug nut. Leave the socket on the lug nut. Place a spacer about 30mm in length inside the lug nut. This can be a bolt, steel spacer, 1/4 extension, etc. Thread a M16 x 1.5P bolt into the lug nut by hand. Use an appropriate socket and hand tool or impact driver to continue threading the bolt into the lug nut until the cap pops off. The exposed steel lug nut will now take a 26mm socket (1 inch will not work).
26mm 6-point sockets can be tricky to find. Here's a few sources:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....group_ID=20767
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_1...=1327274596961
Last edited by EricTyrrell; Jan 22, 2012 at 05:24 PM.
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Bill, I was just about to email you this thread! Looks like you found a cheap solution to your lug nut woes. BTW, I'm heading to Troy's this Friday if you're interested.