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| Spruce Pirate Member Since: 08 Feb 2013 Location: Stirlingshire Posts: 124   
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Take the socket off and clamp it in a vice. Find something that fits through the hole in the socket and smack it with a hammer until the stud comes out.
This assumes two things: 1 that you're going to replace the stud anyway, and 2 that no solution is worth while if it doesn't involve a hammer. Dirty Deeds - Done Dirt Cheap |
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20th May 2016 7:52pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471  
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Appropriate size bolt in vice, wind nut on and you should be able to either wiggle the socket off or knock it off with a hammer & blunt chisel on the edge of the socket [rotating it bit by bit as you go]. A bit of heat might help. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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20th May 2016 7:53pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763 
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I tend to just wind them back on to finger tight then wallop the socket off. Being careful not to wallop hard enough to damage the stud!
I also own (for a defender 27mm nut) a slightly larger socket that fits the swollen ones perfectly!! |
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20th May 2016 8:27pm |
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| Silver Back Member Since: 11 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 407 
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Bought one of these a few years ago and seem to work well. Has the advantage of being able to connect to a 12V battery. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cir13c-1-2...h-kit-12v/ |
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20th May 2016 8:30pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763
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Air impact tools are quite air hungry, so it's probably a combination of both. Also remember that they should only be used for undoing wheel nuts. They should be done up by hand, preferably a torque wrench. So many people over-torque wheel nuts. Defender is 95lbft. That's surprisingly little pressure required!
I have an 18V battery impact. It wont crack off wheel nuts or anything super tight, that's the breaker bars job. It is very useful for spinning things on and off, and on looser stuff, or stuff with nylocs/tight threads. |
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20th May 2016 10:29pm |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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Boil it in some water, pull it out with hands and drop on the ground immediately, or pull out with tongs and drop at your leisure.
If that doesn't work, freeze it and repeat the dropping it on the ground step, no need to tongs. You're basically taking advantage of the dissimilarity of the two metals to your advantage ...  Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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21st May 2016 12:17am |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300  
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Phew....
I did wonder what on earth you'd been playing at last night when I read the title  |
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21st May 2016 4:53am |
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| gazman Member Since: 17 Aug 2015 Location: Liverpool Posts: 652 
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I hate the wheel nuts on my wifes disco 3. I even have some new ones as spares.
I have a old screw driver in with the jack now with the tip cut off and stick it through the socket. I then hold the socket and put the screw driver handle down and smack it on the floor to knock it out. 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car) 2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r |
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21st May 2016 8:11am |
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