Hi all i have this problem with my lug nuts they are stripped. They were put on too tight at the tire shop.
I tried drilling,a torch not large enough tank. Thinking about drilling again. Any suggestion befor i buy
the bits.

Best bet, and the way the tire shops do it (well technicaly they use a special stripped lug nut socket) but hammer a 12 point socket thats just a little too small for it onto the lug, then just wrench it off. Id use craftsman, or something else with a warranty

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when i bought my fiero, it had locking lug nuts which i didnt have a key for, so i welded a regular lug nut to it, and just took it off.

quote Originally posted by 86GT3.4DOHC: Best bet, and the way the tire shops do it (well technicaly they use a special stripped lug nut socket) but hammer a 12 point socket thats just a little too small for it onto the lug, then just wrench it off. Id use craftsman, or something else with a warranty

Way too go, also you can have someone with a welder weld a piece of bar or leverage to the lug and then twist it off (If worse comes to worse.)

Take it to a tire shop. I had a lug nut stuck (cracked 2 craftsman 6 point socket and then ended up rounding it off using a craftsman impact socket). The tire shop broke it loose.

-Charlie

I just had the same problem. I also had security lugs with no key. I used a Craftsman #13 bolt extractor on the security lugs, not sure which one I used on the regular lugs. The security lugs were much more difficlut to remove, and required a good amount of tapping on the extractor to properly seat it. After getting a good seat though, the extractor worked beautifully! Frankly, I was amazed at how well the extractor worked. These extractors are a must have for everyones tool bag. Did a search on sears.com, but couldn't find the product, but I'm sure they still carry them. These nut / bolt extractors are the inverse of an 'easy-out', although they do lock themselves in tighter like an easy-out as you twist counter-clockwise. But unlike an easy-out, they work on the OUTSIDE of just about any bolt or nut. They look and operate a lot like a conventional socket.

Use a breaker bar and cheater pipe and just hope they snap. You have to install new studs and nuts anyway, so you have to still knock out even the broken ones. I had a tire shop put new tires on and they tightened all the nuts too tight to remove with the lug wrench. I took it back and told them to loosen them and use a torque wrench to put them on ...not an impact. Most of them broke ... so they had to replace them for me for free. If you still have a reciept, you can go back and try that.