How to remove lug nut caps???
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How to remove lug nut caps???
I have a 97 DI with almost completely rounded lug nut caps.
Anyone know how to beat them back into shape??
Also does anyone know how to replace the caps? They seem to be crimped at the bottom to secure them.
I know the lug caps are 27mm but i can't get the socket to seat nicely on the them.
Maybe start with a 28 or 29 and work my way down?
Josh
Anyone know how to beat them back into shape??
Also does anyone know how to replace the caps? They seem to be crimped at the bottom to secure them.
I know the lug caps are 27mm but i can't get the socket to seat nicely on the them.
Maybe start with a 28 or 29 and work my way down?
Josh
#3
Make sure you use a 6 point socket, lube the lug nut and hammer the socket onto the nut making sure that you have the socket set dead square on the nut.
Once you do this it will re-form the cover.
You can then break the lug loose.
Then take a hammer and beat the socket back off of the lug, tapping it from side to side and pulling on it with Channel-Locks.
Thats why you have to lube it Josh, so it will go on and come back off.
Expect a hour per wheel, that what it took me my first time.
RRC lugs are solid steel and look exactly like the DI lugs, I have no idea why they switched.
I want RRC lugs for Christmas.
Once you do this it will re-form the cover.
You can then break the lug loose.
Then take a hammer and beat the socket back off of the lug, tapping it from side to side and pulling on it with Channel-Locks.
Thats why you have to lube it Josh, so it will go on and come back off.
Expect a hour per wheel, that what it took me my first time.
RRC lugs are solid steel and look exactly like the DI lugs, I have no idea why they switched.
I want RRC lugs for Christmas.
#4
Make sure you use a 6 point socket, lube the lug nut and hammer the socket onto the nut making sure that you have the socket set dead square on the nut.
Once you do this it will re-form the cover.
You can then break the lug loose.
Then take a hammer and beat the socket back off of the lug, tapping it from side to side and pulling on it with Channel-Locks.
Thats why you have to lube it Josh, so it will go on and come back off.
Expect a hour per wheel, that what it took me my first time.
RRC lugs are solid steel and look exactly like the DI lugs, I have no idea why they switched.
I want RRC lugs for Christmas.
Once you do this it will re-form the cover.
You can then break the lug loose.
Then take a hammer and beat the socket back off of the lug, tapping it from side to side and pulling on it with Channel-Locks.
Thats why you have to lube it Josh, so it will go on and come back off.
Expect a hour per wheel, that what it took me my first time.
RRC lugs are solid steel and look exactly like the DI lugs, I have no idea why they switched.
I want RRC lugs for Christmas.
so far this year ,have you been naughty or nice ?
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And I also make them use a torque wrench not a impact wrench to put them on.
#8
Well, I have been nice up until last week when I almost got in a fight with a guy at a gas station.
I was working and I stopped to buy a water and I was waiting in line like a normal person and he walked up with his 2 40oz'ers and I spoke up and almost had to lay a woppin' on his butt.
I was working and I stopped to buy a water and I was waiting in line like a normal person and he walked up with his 2 40oz'ers and I spoke up and almost had to lay a woppin' on his butt.
#9
Yes, I do the same thing now. You have to be on top of them every minute. Last time they lost a lug nut and they swore that it was missing when the truck came in. Luckily they found it under a tool cart after I insisted that the truck had all of its lug nuts.