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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Today I went to a Tire repair shop because I have a small nail in the front driver side tire.
One of the nuts was too strongly attached to the bolt and so I asked them to stop trying for fear of breaking the bolt.
Is there a way to solve this without breaking the bolt? and subsequently changing the wheel bolt.

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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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If they break the wheel stud it can be replaced quite easily
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 03:04 PM
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I've replaced a wheel stud before, not a big deal. I can't imagine a lug so tight that it can't be loosen with a breaker bar. GL
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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Did the nut start to loosen then seize?
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Thanks!!!

I will take my car to the official service and see what happens, maybe they can take the wheel out without breaking anything
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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A little heat sometimes works miracles, but I have never had a problem with a wheel nut and don't have any experience with that connection.

Alumium thermal expansion is almost double that of steel, so an aluminum nut on a steel stud should loosen with heat. Watch out - aluminum should never be heated above the temperature of boiling water. If a water droplet sizzles even a little, you have it too hot and the aluminum nut will start to anneal (soften and weaken permanently). With steel you are safe until you see a dull red glow, and then you are just a little too hot. It takes time to do the damage, so as long as you are careful, and back off on the heat quickly, you will do no harm.
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