1. Home
  2. Autos
  3. Auto Repair
Matthew Wright
Matthew's Auto Repair Blog

By Matthew Wright, Auto Repair Guide

Brutalize Your Nuts, But Only If You Must

Wednesday July 21, 2010

Old hardware can be frustrating. No, strike that, it can be infuriating. I've sat down countless times to do a half hour repair only to have it drag past the two-hour mark thanks to a single stripped, rusty, worn, miserable nut holding the old part on. It can be a nightmare. There are lots of fixes available, but so many of them are simply brutal. And some of the remedies can be very time consuming on their own. Trying to grind new angles into a rounded nut can take more than a minute or two. Among the solutions is a product by Craftsman that we tested recently. It's called "Lug Out" and is designed to get those nuts off using a fierce steely bite. If you're wondering whether it worked for us, check out the full review and maybe you'll discover a real time saver!

Comments
July 26, 2010 at 12:13 pm
(1) Eric Anderson says:

Ok yes this product is great in all for getting off both bad lug nuts and also getting off the special lock lug nuts just incase you lost the special socket to take them off, but what if this is just the tool someone may use to take off someone else’s lock lugs so they can steal the rim and tire or whatever you are using the lock lugs for. Isn’t this product just going to give the purpose of lock lugs a push to the curb?

July 27, 2010 at 1:23 pm
(2) richard says:

Yup!

July 27, 2010 at 3:13 pm
(3) Eric Anderson says:

Well I am glad that I am not the only one that thinks this way.

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Auto Repair
About.com Special Features

Looking for cheap wheels? Here they are -- the least-expensive 2010 cars on sale in America. More

If you're brand new to motorcycling this list is tailored to your needs. More

  1. Home
  2. Autos
  3. Auto Repair

©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.