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    Default Front Wheel Removal

    Per an earlier post, I've learned all there needs to be known about powder coating the wheels. First step, remove the wheels. Today I spent a lot of time on the road between my house and 'town'. I asked my dealer the size socket, 21mm. I went to Sears to get said 1/2 drive socket. Not enough pump to rotate the nut. Didn't have a 6 foot 'breaker' bar. Clever guy, why not get a impact socket. Next trip into town, I got a 21mm impact socket. No help at all. The nuts on the wheels are really really close to the wheel well and that impact driver just would not fit. So now, NOW WHAT? Obviously the dealer has a special tool. Where to get one?
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    13/16ths thin wall spark plug socket fits perfectly.

    when you put it back on only go to 79 foot lbs of torque.

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    Default +1 on 13/16 socket

    Got some cheap at the auto supply clearance bin. Although they are 3/8" drive, a 3/8 to 1/2 conversion gets them onto my torque wrench. And after the first time off, you'll have them at 77-80 ft-lb where they're easy after that. I had one lug on each of the fronts that was tite-tite when I brought it home, but now all are clean/ lightly lubed, and torqued. Most manuals do not recommend lube on a wheel lug, but I like them clean and lightly lubed so they don't "grow fast".

    Oh, and I'm sure you know, break them loose on the ground, with the parking brake set BEFORE you start to jack it up either under the front main frame member, or with a wood block or rubber pad under the A-arm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AeroPilot View Post
    Got some cheap at the auto supply clearance bin. Although they are 3/8" drive, a 3/8 to 1/2 conversion gets them onto my torque wrench. And after the first time off, you'll have them at 77-80 ft-lb where they're easy after that. I had one lug on each of the fronts that was tite-tite when I brought it home, but now all are clean/ lightly lubed, and torqued. Most manuals do not recommend lube on a wheel lug, but I like them clean and lightly lubed so they don't "grow fast".

    Oh, and I'm sure you know, break them loose on the ground, with the parking brake set BEFORE you start to jack it up either under the front main frame member, or with a wood block or rubber pad under the A-arm.
    I was typing the exact same thing when I saw your post. Also, if you put the socket on a long breaker bar it will give you more leverage.

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    Default All of the above

    But be sure it is the hexagonal socket and not the multipoint cause they are thicker....
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    There are thin wall 6 point impact sockets available for this purpose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeronimo View Post
    There are thin wall 6 point impact sockets available for this purpose.
    Do you know a source please?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ricford View Post
    Do you know a source please?
    Nearly every tool I own I purchased off a Snap On tool truck, or a Matco truck, so I know they have them. I believe you can also get one at Sears in the Craftsman line. I do not expect they are too difficult to find as custom wheels have become so popular in the past two decades. The one I have even has an external plastic sleeve to prevent galling or scratching of the wheel.

    A quick search and I found a set at LOWES; https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sunex-Tools...0-db2b0efd23ae

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    Quote Originally Posted by ricford View Post
    Do you know a source please?
    I just received this socket, it fits perfectly. I had 6 point 3/8 drive spark plug sockets and 12 point 1/2 inch drive sockets that would fit but nothing 6 point in 1/2 inch drive. I wanted one I could use with my torque wrench without an adapter and this one works. You have to use it without the plastic sleeves (they slide right off).

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    When I got my F3L the front lug nuts were 150 foot lbs. The 13/16 1/2" drive socket I had worked fine to loosen them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Highwayman2013 View Post
    When I got my F3L the front lug nuts were 150 foot lbs. The 13/16 1/2" drive socket I had worked fine to loosen them.
    Holy moly! 150 lb/ft that is beyond full gorilla mode.
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    Thumbs up Breaker bar

    Harbor Fright often sells a 25" breaker bar for about $10. A piece of pipe if really necessary and of course " Righty Tighty--Lefty Loosey" PLEASE use a dab of anti seize paste when re-installing. Crack the lugs loose on the ground before lifting the . My Magnum R/T once came back from the dealer with lugs so tight I had to stand on the breaker bar to loosen them. You bet they heard about it!!!


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    Default BREAKER BAR - HOW TO MAKE

    If you don't have one - make one like I did .......... I bought 10 ft. of 3/4in. electrical conduit at Home Depot ( $ 5.00 +/- ) you might get it shorter tho ........ cut 3 ft. and put the end in a bench vise .... flattened the end until my 1/2 in. ratchet wrench would slide in....... excellent breaker bar - CHEAP ......... Mike

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    I used an 18" breaker bar and regular 13/16" socket. Of course when I pulled on the bar the tire spun on the concrete floor. So I just positioned the bar parallel to the floor and gave it on quick stomp with my foot. Broke loose right off!

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