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Old 12-16-2008, 01:21 PM
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its like almost impossible for me to get the lugs out. last time i had this same problem, never siezed them all, now i go to put my snow tires on and once again stuck. i was just wondering if anyone else ever had this problem, none of my other cars have ever had this problem to this extent, they just don't budge.
 
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Old 12-16-2008, 01:32 PM
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yes, the first time i took my wheels off, i had to use a 5 foot cheater bar on top of a 2 foot long breaker bar. i put the cheater bar on my shoulder and just did a squat lol. did you torque them right when you put them on last time? if you need help there's up bunch of us in binghamton. i'm sure we can figure something out. we also have a mechanic at our local dealership that we trust if we need to go that far
 
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Old 12-16-2008, 02:02 PM
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Yeah i've found that even with anti-sieze, lugs that have been put on with anything other than a hand torque wrench are impossible to get off. My old mechanic back home used to put lug nuts on with an air powered impact w/ a 100ft/lb torque bar on it. He might as well have welded the damn things on.

Even with the anti-sieze, you might try some PB blaster to get yourself started?
 
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Old 12-16-2008, 04:39 PM
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welll, the good news is a got the wheels changed out, the bad news hah it took like close to 3 hours i had to do the breakerbar with a like 3 foot pipe on the end to break like 10 of them loose the other ones came out with pb and a impact gun. neversiezed them again, the only time i have ever wished for my car to be like anyother car was today. i just wish it studs with lug nuts instead of whatever the system they made is called.
 
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