Any ideas on how to get this undone?!

[InitialDave]

C70R said:

I was just about to reply the same thing. You do wonder whether anyone reads threads before chucking in a "helpful" reply.

You know, we were kind of going with the unstated assumption he'd put brake fluid back in it first.

[Boosted LS1]

The Moose said:

SUCCESS!!!!

I was passing a tool shop earlier so I went in and bought the biggest breaker bar they had (was quite dissapointed it was only 24" really) and the most manly socket on the basis I could fk that one up with a hammer if I needed to. The hammer being the last resort as I really don't like to repeatedly hit things (other than the misses of course *).

Anyway, I used a similar technique to last night but with seemingly better tools and after a couple of bounces they reluctantly undid.

Thank you for the suggestions and help chaps - got there in the end!


* This is of course said in jest

Nice one. I'd have just jumped up and down on the breaker bar but a results a result :-)

[The Moose]

Boosted LS1 said:

The Moose said:

SUCCESS!!!!

I was passing a tool shop earlier so I went in and bought the biggest breaker bar they had (was quite dissapointed it was only 24" really) and the most manly socket on the basis I could fk that one up with a hammer if I needed to. The hammer being the last resort as I really don't like to repeatedly hit things (other than the misses of course *).

Anyway, I used a similar technique to last night but with seemingly better tools and after a couple of bounces they reluctantly undid.

Thank you for the suggestions and help chaps - got there in the end!


* This is of course said in jest

Nice one. I'd have just jumped up and down on the breaker bar but a results a result :-)

That's what I did - didn't need to resort to the hammer!

[Boosted LS1]

Gravity is always your friend if you know how to use it :-)

[jas xjr]

V6Pushfit said:

Are Jas XJR Lrd suppliers of replacement alloys then?

afraid not . i am a diy bodger but i have a blowtorch that even i can be reasonably accurate with . whether this would work in this situation , i am not sure

[Patrick Bateman]

Jimmy Recard said:

buggalugs said:

As far as I can tell standard procedure is to do them up to five trillion ft lbs and then double check this with a torque wrench set to 80. Job jobbed

snigger. That's pretty much what I've seen a few times

Likewise.

In my experience tyre fitters can fit tyres correctly and that's it. Forget torque and forget the right pressures too.