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I’m doing the diesel mechanic course which is only 7 months 50$ a month for the test prep

I hate lug nuts

It’s stuck, maybe for good this time

Tried heating it, using a punch, tried putting it on a stud and shaking, and the other guy did all this and more, moral of the story is that lug nuts become ”swollen” and also fuck Ford

What model Ford?

Have you tried putting a breaker bar on, rest the bar against the ground, and drive forward with the vehicle to force the breaker bar into the ground?

The ford is long gone

It was f-150 maybe

I just gave him a new lug

I don't have a breaker bar, closest I have is a tourque wrench

Not willing to hurt my baby

TBH using a chissel is the woke method for removing lugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoXgeSXoK0

I use the removable handle of my floor jack as my breaker bar.

Do you grease, locktite, or neither?

Or antiseize??

I don’t use any grease or any type of penetrating oil on lugs

It can cause the torque to reduce as you drive the car. The lugs can slip off slightly despite being properly torqued.

Which probably won’t cause problems, however I’m a stickler for regulations tbh.

Oh I got the lug out with a sledge, vice and punch today.

Understood.

I had to have my thinwall for some chrome rims

Why not just wipe the grease off after you've removed the lugs?

Also, the lugs come off regularly for tire rotations. Anti-seize is for things that don’t get touched for a long time, like spark plugs.

Usually lugs only get screwed up when people use far too much torque or far too little.

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Jiffy lube is a heathen organization and is responsible for every error I have to fix. Almost daily

(((Jiffy Lube)))

(((Jiffy))) (((Lube)))

Their shop *is* pretty echoey...

Check out my new dumpster score.. the float was upside down in the carb and the fuel filter was in backwards. Fixed that, cleaned the carb and tightened up a few things. Now it fires right up and runs great! 1977 pedal Batavus scooter.

Side note- I don't actually go around dumpster diving, I saw this sitting next to the dumpsters at work. I've also gotten multiple lawn mowers and various tools. People would rather buy something new than clean a carburetor or do a couple small repairs.

Nice

I would absolutely purchase that from you

Haha well it tops out around 27mph now, but there are a few mods you can do to get a bit more out of it (different exhaust, tweak the clutch, etc)

I'll let you know if or when I'm interested in selling it.

This is sitting in the corner of our main shop. I'm tempted to see if I can get it running.

It actually fired right up. I guess it was just sitting there because nobody wanted to ride it.

@Sonic want to race?