quattro Digest, Vol 36, Issue 23

[E. Roy Wendell IV]

>
> Thank you to all those who provided BTDT's and advice.  I was able to
> remove the remainder of the lug bolts yesterday.
>
> Casualties of the battle were a couple of junkyard acquired Audi/VAG
> lug wrenches that cracked from used a cheater pipe on the end (don't
> worry, plenty more where those came from) and a sears 17MM laser
> etched socket, that cracked right away when using 3 foot breaker bar
> plus 3 foot cheater bar.  Once again, Sears happily replaced it when I
> went and picked up a 17MM deep impact 6 point socket for $10.99 last
> night.
>
> After soaking the bolts daily in Kroil all week and then hammering the
> heads with a 32oz hammer and a cruddy el-cheapo 6" extension I had
> lying around as a "drift" I was able to crack all of the bolts with
> the breaker bar and cheater with relative ease and no damage to the
> wheels.
>
> FYI, the airgun that I was using at the shop around the corner was
> pretty beefy, apparently the kroil all week and the hammering did the
> trick.
>
> I will be order a few fresh lug bolts to replace the semi rounded ones
> and cleaning the others with a wire brush and the vice.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Abe

You forgot the most important bit...cleaning out the threads in the  
hub. If you don't want to spend the money on a tap then you can make  
one by cutting a few notches lengthwise in one of the bolts using a  
cut-off wheel or file.

Roy Wendell
erwendell at mac.com
Too many type 44 tq
A pair of MR2s