Hey guys,
I lost the key to the locking lugnuts on the Canyon. I happened to have one of the removal sockets in my tool collection, so I used it today, with success. It dug into the socket as I rotated it & simultaneously hit it with a heavy hammer, and the lug nut came off the wheel stud. But now I can't get the lug nut out of the tool. I've drown it in silicone lubricant ( I know, it's not penetrating oil, but the lubricant is disappearing down into the threads of the socket, so it's gotta be doing something). I've clamped down on the lugnut with Vise Grips, put a breaker bar on the socket, and twisted on it & beat the Vise Grips with a hammer until I'm exhausted.
Are these things just disposable? Are you not intended to be able to get the lug nut out of them?
I lost the key to the locking lugnuts on the Canyon. I happened to have one of the removal sockets in my tool collection, so I used it today, with success. It dug into the socket as I rotated it & simultaneously hit it with a heavy hammer, and the lug nut came off the wheel stud. But now I can't get the lug nut out of the tool. I've drown it in silicone lubricant ( I know, it's not penetrating oil, but the lubricant is disappearing down into the threads of the socket, so it's gotta be doing something). I've clamped down on the lugnut with Vise Grips, put a breaker bar on the socket, and twisted on it & beat the Vise Grips with a hammer until I'm exhausted.
Are these things just disposable? Are you not intended to be able to get the lug nut out of them?