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Post #352584 by Swanky on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 6:52 PM

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Swanky posted on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 6:52 PM

Put on protective gear and break the fucker off! It's probably brittle as hell. I've broken them off accidentally many times with a regular lug wrench. Use your four post lug wrench first and see if you can twist it. You think an air wrench is better, and it is, but, if you want to fuck it up good like this, the hand wrench is better at applying torque in bad directions. i.e. at an angle. Put the wrench on and hit it with a sledge hammer. I guarantee you can beak the damn thing off clean.