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How do I loosen stuck lug nuts in order to change a tire?
How do I loosen car tire lug nuts (so that I can change a tire) when they are really really stuck?
I have tried turning the provided wrench, even standing and jumping on it. This worked for 4 of the ...
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Wobbly Steering-wheel after changing Rims/Tires?
I've just recently swapped Summer Tires/Rims for my Winter set on my own for the first time. As it should be an easy concept, I went to a "U-Wrench" type shop where you rent a stall with a lift/tools ...
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Are there any risks if I use impact wrench to loosen lug nuts while the tire not touching ground?
I was watching a couple of videos on how to change tires and I keep hearing that it is recommended to loosen the lug nuts while tires are touching the ground.
I followed this advice when I changed ...
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Importance of Retorque Lug Nuts
I just had a new set of tires put into my Honda CRV. The lug nuts were torqued at 80 ft/lb (manufacturer's specs). The installer told me to come back to retorque the lug nuts after 50 miles.
If the ...
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Lug nuts keep snapping off
Why would lug bolts be snapping off constantly and tires wearing faster on the passenger front wheel of a '98 Blazer, 4 wheel drive? The tire is wearing on the outside. It has had a front end ...
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installing a locking lug nut
When putting the lug nuts back on after replacing a spare tire you're supposed to tighten them in a criss-cross pattern. So what do you do if you're replacing just a single lug nut? Do you go through ...
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Is it safe to drive with spare wheel but with proper tire?
I recently got a puncture and had to swap out the entire wheel. Luckily, the spare I had was a full size tyre, i.e.: not a skinny tyre like you sometimes see.
It looks roughly like this:
So, the ...
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Lug nut won’t come off, edges ground down
Was trying to remove lug nut on BMW, the edges of it got ground down so any wrench I use won’t turn it properly. Need to change tires at some point, so is there anything I can do to remove it?
