On 9/24/14, 7:19 AM, Ken Olson wrote:
"J Burns" wrote in message
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I bought tires a couple of months ago. Yesterday I tried to remove a wheel
to check the bearing. The nuts wouldn't budge.

They're supposed to be torqued to about 65 foot-pounds. After letting
penetrating oil work overnight, I got 15 of the 16 nuts with a cruciform
wrench with 10" arms. I used a pipe to extend one arm and stood on the
other.

I believe I'm applying well over 200 foot-pounds. The wrench twists so
far that I think more force would be dangerous. I'll see what tools
neighbors have, or maybe go to a mechanic.

Can I have the dealer and his crew sent to prison?

Heat it with a small torch. Don't have to get it red hot, just enough to
cause some expansion.


Heat sounds good. Steel expands 7 millionths per degree F, so boiling
hot might be enough.

Now I've got to find a place that sells those little propane tanks. I
left the torch head on my last tank, and the valve leaked.