It just might, but I think it's u-hall time now, and on to the a gas-station. I will foward the bill to Carter to see if they pick it up for me?

Don't know if I missed anything, but didn't want someone to get hurt so I will bring it back up. I have been using regular sockets for a long time when I need a size that I don't have in an impact socket and had never had a problem until a couple months ago. I always take the lug nuts off my truck with a regular socket because it has a thinner wall than the impacts and wont scratch my wheels. I accidentally grabbed the next size up from what I usually use and as soon as I hit the trigger it shattered and pieces flew everywhere. So it does happen. Just make sure you wear eye protection.

Thanks for the tip!

All good stories come to an end as this one does today...

I went up to the U-hall and rented an open back 6x9 the guy quoted me as $9.99. I said 'sold' and when he brought it up on the computer it was actually $19.99 I think? He told me due to him quoting the incorrect price, he would go ahead and let me have it for the $9.99.

I took my Talon up to the BP full serve station, and told them I was looking for an Air-Wrench for hire. They told me to pull er on up and they would do their best. I tasked them with finishing up the final tightening of the face buster nutt that needed a 1 1/2" socket to do it right, and to remove the nutt from devilville off of my fan.

I already had the Face buster nutt well on its way, just not as tight as it should be. They completed this with no problems and used a huge socket wrench and the vice. He told me as he handed it back, 'she isn't going to go any tighter than that'. It sounded good to me!

He went for the special air tool socket, and not my 17mm 6 sided huskey that I had brought with me. He hit it a few times and it wouldn't move. When I first arrived I began to get my strap wrench out of the back seat of my jeep, and he told me that he wouldn't need it. Now he asked me to get the strap wrench. He hit it a few more times and it would not move! Both the guy's were telling me by now, 'whoever put this on didn't need to go that tight'. Another was 'you need a washer under that nutt'. All I could do was say 'Yup!' They went to a foward first, then reverse strategy on the gun, which successfully stripped the nutt. Well almost stripped, more rounded actually, enouigh to make the air wernch go zzzzzzz on the head of the non turning nutt. When he pulled the air wrench back I saw that he didn't have a 6 sided socket. Gasp!! I let him know my Husky socket was a 6 sider. He asked me to get it, and had to use a hammer to gently pound the socket onto the now deformed head. Hooked it up to the wrench and tried again. It successfully came off!!!

He gave me my scoket with the nutt still stuck in the end back to me. I later used the vice to hold the flared end of the nutt, and hit the socket with a hammer. I did get the nutt out.

I asked how much he wanted, he told me $10, I let him know I had $7 and a $50, he decided $7 sounded right!!

The world is a fine thing again!!

congratulations bud! Now that you have spent your whole vacation trying to get that nut off. How much vacation do you have left? Hopefully you still have enough vacation left to get the new rollers in and do some testing. I am anxious to hear the results. I finally received my new face buster spring to day from Blade. My project will hopefully begin this weekend.

I go back to work on Wed at 6PM!

Time enouigh for a good RPM test or two!

I wish you the best on your upgrade!!

Keep us all posted!

Wow.. that bugger was on there!!!


Time for a washer for sure! hah


-Steve

I would like to thank everybody who helped me in this thread with their time and advice! I never thought this was going to turn into an 8 pager!!

Wow!

Do you think this thread will be a good one to link every guy to that has a stuck nutt??

It should raise the respect bar a bit for the battle to come!!

Stickified and moved to the engine forum.


-S

Finally!! I was about to hop on a plane and take it off myself. Can't wait to hear the resulst.

Toooo Funny!!