Gorillas with impact wrenches.

[grouch]

I bought a '96 Ram 1500 a few months back. Evidently the shop that worked on it had Magilla Gorilla working and he liked to use impact wrenches. To work on the brakes I had to use a 5 foot cheater pipe and breaker bar to break 19 of the lug nuts loose so my impact could get them off. The one exception was a nut that shattered several sockets and extraction tools until I finally cut the stud and nut off. The threads were warped on the nuts so they had to be replaced. I still have a jerk to the left when I brake so I'm going to replace the ball joints. The lug nuts were nothing compared to the axle nuts. I got a 43MM impact socket and tried everything I could to get them off. Yes, a 1 11/16 socket will normally work but it has a little slop. The 43MM fits like a glove. When you have a jackstand for a brace and a 9 foot section of driveshaft for a cheater pipe and are jumping on it, you don't want slop.

I finally decided to let a shop break it loose. Most wouldn't do it but I found one. His 1/2 and 3/4 drive impact wrenches just bounced like my tools did. However, they dug out their 1 inch impact for older REALLY heavy equipment and hit it with that. A couple of shattered sockets, but about 20 seconds of hammering and the nuts came off. I don't trust the thread on the nuts so new ones are waiting for the front end rebuild.

I mentioned this in another forum and someone posted this.

 

[Shaggy]

I bought a '96 Ram 1500 a few months back. Evidently the shop that worked on it had Magilla Gorilla working and he liked to use impact wrenches. To work on the brakes I had to use a 5 foot cheater pipe and breaker bar to break 19 of the lug nuts loose so my impact could get them off. The one exception was a nut that shattered several sockets and extraction tools until I finally cut the stud and nut off. The threads were warped on the nuts so they had to be replaced. I still have a jerk to the left when I brake so I'm going to replace the ball joints. The lug nuts were nothing compared to the axle nuts. I got a 43MM impact socket and tried everything I could to get them off. Yes, a 1 11/16 socket will normally work but it has a little slop. The 43MM fits like a glove. When you have a jackstand for a brace and a 9 foot section of driveshaft for a cheater pipe and are jumping on it, you don't want slop.

I finally decided to let a shop break it loose. Most wouldn't do it but I found one. His 1/2 and 3/4 drive impact wrenches just bounced like my tools did. However, they dug out their 1 inch impact for older REALLY heavy equipment and hit it with that. A couple of shattered sockets, but about 20 seconds of hammering and the nuts came off. I don't trust the thread on the nuts so new ones are waiting for the front end rebuild.

I mentioned this in another forum and someone posted this.

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Ha ha. So you were saying the shop that worked on it before you bought it caused the bolt issue?

 

[MO VietVet]

I saw this on another forum and already posted this pic in the "entertain me" section. Sorry for the steal.

 

[grouch]

Ha ha. So you were saying the shop that worked on it before you bought it caused the bolt issue?

I'm pretty sure. The PO didn't have many tools and mostly small hand tools. He farmed a lot of work out.

 

[tinman454]

Sucks when you need to deal with others shitty workmanship glad you got it done.

 

[drakon543]

ive dealt with that alot honestly i left the auto industry a long time ago but i still do small stuff on the side to help people out. just had a 17 colorado brought to me a previous shop wallered out those damn lug nut caps gm loves so much. snapon impact sockets and a maul with my giant breaker bar made short work of it.

 

[BlackGold6.4]

ive dealt with that alot honestly i left the auto industry a long time ago but i still do small stuff on the side to help people out. just had a 17 colorado brought to me a previous shop wallered out those damn lug nut caps gm loves so much. snapon impact sockets and a maul with my giant breaker bar made short work of it.

I hate those freaking lug nuts.. ended up changing them out for aftermarket.. so now we have an extra socket to use when rotating tires.

 

[quietpeen]

Dodge and Ram use those capped lug nuts also.

 

[drakon543]

Dodge and Ram use those capped lug nuts also.

haven't had one since my 99 1500 it didn't have those capped junk lug nuts. original owner may have already swapped them out but not a fan of them at all.

 

[quietpeen]

haven't had one since my 99 1500 it didn't have those capped junk lug nuts. original owner may have already swapped them out but not a fan of them at all.

Unfortunately I have had many, but i also tend to swap them out for black ones

 

[G-Ride990]

OOOooooofff I still have the stupid stock lugnuts on my truck. I hate the damn things but the covers haven't come off my nuts yet...

Giggity

 

[MO VietVet]

OOOooooofff I still have the stupid stock lugnuts on my truck. I hate the damn things but the covers haven't come off my nuts yet...

Giggity

Yea, gotta keep them nuts of yours covered for sure.

 

[gat0r]

wait...
so we're not supposed to use the max of 700 to 1000 ft-lb of torque on the air impact?



LOL

 

[Bwl]

A buddy of mine called me a gorilla when I grabbed a 6000 watt generator and tossed it in the back of my truck. I told him you're lucky I'm white.

 

[grouch]

OOOooooofff I still have the stupid stock lugnuts on my truck. I hate the damn things but the covers haven't come off my nuts yet...

Giggity

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say, please keep your nuts covered.

 

[tinman454]

A buddy of mine called me a gorilla when I grabbed a 6000 watt generator and tossed it in the back of my truck. I told him you're lucky I'm white.

So that would make you a vanilla gorilla ? Lol