Very stubborn lug nut!!!

[c8rbk1ng]

I tell you guys, I appreciate all the suggestions but some of them are making me laugh hysterically and sound like the makings of a good America's Funniest Videos farce. There is only about 1/4" of nut left and I've already popped the useless cover off (and it is attached to the nut...all one piece) of it when I tried the hammer and chisel routine so the jumping up and down routine (I can just picture bigbadbrother doing this ) won't work as nothing will stay on the nut unless you're holding it in place. Drilling the stud seems like my best bet at this point, hopefully the bits get here quick.

[steveOtoo]

Auto advice is male DNA......................

[chicot60]

What have you got to lose.....

[Mr Hanky]

An air chisel should get at the nut and split what little of the nut you have left, once cracked it will spin off.Air chisels guns are 25.00 and come with different size chisels and of coarse when that nuts off you have the gun for the rest of the jeeps nuts.lmao this is nuts!

[saggy]

find a cutting torch save the aggrevation or put the rest of the nuts on take it to closet shop and get them to blow it off should be no more then twenty might not even charge you because some shops look at it as maybe another repair down the road and by the way some nuts do a cover over another nut do not know about yours because I can not look at it if you can get cover of by twisting hammering a smaller socket on that cover should twist of then you have a fresh smaller nut underneath it does not take much to get that cover off

[1boxman]

Already torched it. I've been repairing my own cars and trucks for over 45 years. I even had to Mickey Mouse a universal joint on a refrigerated box truck with a coat hanger so I could get home from the middle of nowhere. To this day I still don't know how it held together but it got me home. I couldn't (or wouldn't) go over 40 mph...but it got me home That being said, there's nothing mentioned here that I haven't thought of. Nothing has worked so far but I have a couple of cobalt drill bits coming and will try that when they get here. Everything I've seen or heard says a 7/16 cobalt bit will do the job. I'm hoping they are right. Hopefully I'll update this thread with news of success. Thanks for all your replies!

R u sure you are using the torch right ...lol
Than c4 ...or sent to the reserve ..lol Good luck . Good thing it was not a YJ ..cause I would ask why..ja buy it

[c8rbk1ng]

Brother....Tune-Rite Auto Service in Oakville Ontario Canada.If you are within striking distance,come by my shop & I will do it for free.

146 miles one way...2 hours and 29 minutes (216 if there's no traffic according to Google maps. 292 and 5 hours round trip. I appreciate the offer but I don't want to spend my vacation looking for you with grinding brakes

[ranger]

I have not read all the other ways that have been given but here is what I would do .... simply use a power handle with a good socket and use a extension handle (pipe) long enough to wring the lug nut into and then simply replace the lug nut stud .... It is easy to just replace the stud ....

[c8rbk1ng]

I have not read all the other ways that have been given

Probably should have

[Benney]

How much damage have you done to that rim?

[c8rbk1ng]

How much damage have you done to that rim?

No damage...yet!

[c8rbk1ng]

Just thought I'd update the situation. The driil bits arrived Friday (I bought them on ebay for 1/4 of the cost of bits in local stores) so yesterday I went out to try again. Using a combination of cobalt and then titanium bits I was finally able to drill the stud and lugnut down past the wheel hole and kick the tire free! Put the new stud in place, changed the pads and now all is well and the lugnut from hell has been defeated and melted down to be used for fishing sinkers . Thanks to all who replied for your suggestions.

[capthook]

What size bits did you use? I have the same problem.

[c8rbk1ng]

What size bits did you use? I have the same problem.

Start small drilling in the center of the stud and keep going up one size making the hole a little bigger each time, the last 2 for me were 11/32 and 7/16 (or 1/2 depending on the size of the stud) until you get past the rim.

[capthook]

thank you I'll get some bits.