please help me. i was changing my rims for the winter and the gorilla lug broke off at the base. i don't care about the rim, it was bent any way. where would i take it to get it off?

 

you can take the rotor off and you should be able to easily pop the bolt out and change it yourself

 

take the roter off and hammer it until it comes off then search for the instructions to press on the new one

 

you are not understanding. the lug is still in the rotor. i cant get the wheel off.

 

if you can get the other bolts off...and the first one broke, whats holding it on still?

 

the ring around the gorrila nut is holding it on.

 

but you said the gorilla nut broke off... is the stud on the back too wide to fit through the rim or what?

 

the stud is still intact

 

if the studs intact, how the heck did the nut break off? did you snap the nut in half?

 

yes that is correct. it broke at the base

 

oh, lol...that makes some more sense, um, deeply in there? enough to grab with some pliars (ghetto i know) if you cant read the nut...you might HAVE to break the stud then replace it

 

i think that i will have toget the wheel cut off. i wanted to get some new rims anyway.

 

try welding a rod that is bent into a "L" onto the rest of the nut and you can use that as a l twist it loose

 

The same thing happened to me with on of my lugs. Bring it to a flat tire place or a chain that does small stuff like that. They will remove the wheel from the car via the big nut in the middle (its 36mm so you can try this yourself if you have a big enough socket) and then they just slice off the stud from the back and hammer it out. Should take 20 minutes at most shops.

Nick

 

i forgot to mention that the lugs are recessed.

 

It doesn't matter really, because they'll just hammer it out from the back...

Nick

 

IF they cut the stud...

 

i understand now guys thanx

 

you cant hammer studs out from the back

 

If they cut the head off of the back, yes, they can. I saw them do this when I snapped one of my lugs off, just like this guy.