dean miller - 1-29-2008 at 12:32 PM
Does any one have any experience or knowledge of the Harbor Freight "Pittsburg" Brand torque multipiler "Lug Nut Remover"
It is advertised to multply the torque at a ratio of 33:1 yet is very compact, fits in the glove box or under the seat.
Current advertised price is $17.99 hard earned Yankee Dollars, but regularly $29.99 hard earned Yankee Dollars.
What say you????
sdm
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djh - 1-29-2008 at 12:39 PM
I use a similar device / tool for removing the rear axle nut from our 1968 RCA Formula V race car (early VW components). It is a different
manufacturer, I imagine, and very slightly different than the HF model, but basically the same principal and design. Ours works like a charm. It is
way less expensive, much smaller, and more convenient than a 6 foot breaker bar ! !
Cypress - 1-29-2008 at 01:36 PM
Careful! Have snapped a lug bolt or two. A little lube can make a big difference.
Barry A. - 1-29-2008 at 03:05 PM
The warning from Cypress is for real-------we stripped 2 lug nuts trying to remove a wheel with a flat tire on the road to San Francisquito from
BOLA--------finally had to chisel them off with a big single-jack hammer and a cold chisel. The lug bolts held up, tho. We then had to borrow 2
nuts from other wheels ending up with one nut short on two wheels until we could replace them in town.
A little WD-40 and some patience works better, I am thinking. NEVER, and I mean NEVER, use the wrong size lug wrench-------make sure it fits the nut
snugly before applying any pressure. Stripped lug nuts can ruin your day.
barry
Hook - 1-29-2008 at 03:12 PM
Being the seasoned traveler Dean is, I am sure he is aware of the need for lube. I take my lugs that get wet off each year and coat the studs in
marine bearing grease. I find it works much better than the anti-seize dope from Permatex.
gnukid - 1-29-2008 at 03:16 PM
And some lug nuts you encounter in mexico are reverse threaded on opposite sides of the car like the old dodge A-100 mopar vans in the 60's.
Neal Johns - 1-29-2008 at 04:50 PM
The hot tip is to check the lug nuts to see if they will come off before you go to Baja. It is a lot more fun to have problems in your driveway than
in the boondocks.
Please don't ask me how I know.
dean miller - 1-29-2008 at 05:18 PM
Folks, I know how to tighten lug nuts, change a tire, make Tacocs, and all sorts of things...But thanks for your responses..I do appreciate them and
your concern
My question is related to the Harbor Freight tool called surprisingly "Lug nut remover."
Any one have one or used one?
(except djh who has a professional model)
sdm
msteve1014 - 1-29-2008 at 05:42 PM
torque mulipliers are common tools that work very well. with harbor freight you have about a 50% chance that their tool will work as expected.check
the price on one from sears or some other name brand tool, then take your bet shot.
Al G - 1-29-2008 at 05:49 PM
Dean...just tried to find a thread on this lug remover, but did not. Just thought of gorilla wrench...maybe it is under that?
Al G - 1-29-2008 at 06:05 PM
That is not the one that was recommended on the off road thread...but one from Harbor fright was recommended...as I remember...I do have CRS
though...
dean miller - 1-29-2008 at 06:08 PM
Yep! thats tha ONE!
I agree that with Harbor Freight you take your chances.. They are indeed the disposalable tool company.
Every thing made in China...but what isn't--including some perhaps the majority of the Sears tools.
Any one have one?
Your experience with it?.... Mal Bon? Mal Grin?
(Or however it is written in Latin)
sdm
mel - 2-2-2008 at 02:40 PM
If everything else fails you can try this!
SK Man Hurts Himself Trying to Loosen Lug Nut -- With a Shotgun
A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Kitsap County sheriff's deputies were called to the residence on the 10800 block of SE Olympiad Drive at 2:57 p.m. after the shooting was reported to
911 emergency dispatchers, said Deputy Scott Wilson, a sheriff's office spokesman.
"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue medics treated the man at the scene. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital. Wilson said his injuries were "severe but
not life-threatening."
Deputies at the scene reported the man blasted "double-ought" buckshot at the wheel from "arm's length," Wilson said.
The deputies described the man's legs as "peppered" from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries
went as far up as his chin.
The man had been repairing the Lincoln Continental for two weeks, and had removed all the lug nuts on the right rear wheel except for one.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut.
The deputies did not take a statement from the man beyond what they were able to gather while he was being treated by medics.
"I don't think he was in any condition to say anything," Wilson said. "The pain was so severe, and the shock."
Sharksbaja - 2-2-2008 at 04:01 PM
Did that loosen it?
comitan - 2-2-2008 at 04:15 PM
Which nut?