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Old September 26th 04, 08:32 PM
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G.R. Patterson III proclaimed:

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> "James P. H. Fuller" wrote:
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>>The wheel
>>is dished in and the lugs are placed in a sort of circular trough
>>within the dish, result being I can't get a nut splitter on the frozen
>>lugnuts.

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> If you're serious about splitting the nuts, this can be done from the end of the nut
> rather than the side by using a cold chisel. Lots of work, though.


Using a good cold chisel aided by a Dremel is pretty good. Slow, but
sometimes just cutting a very thin slice in the nut will allow it to
be removed without the chisel. Best done with a tungsten carbide or
better yet, diamond, bit.
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