have recently bought a my05 blob sti , I have come to remove a wheel to fix a puncture and the bolts were so tight ,the standard locking wheel nut has snapped , any way i have managed to drill the stud out ,

but my problem is the other 3 locking wheel nuts are also very tight , and i think they will snap if i try to undo them ,

my question is what is the best way to remove them without breaking them ,
by hand with a ratchet or air impact gun?

thanks

 

impact gun will prob sheer them straight off becaused of shock load.

 

maybe i should try just the ratchet or breaker bar , thats what i done on the first one that snapped ,

they are so tight though , i think they will just snap

i think whats happened is, the previous owner had put the wheels on has just done them up with the gun as tight as they will go, as they were only done a few week ago so are not seized , just too tight

 

last time i had that problem i used 15seconds of the loctite freeze spray, and slightly tightend the nut (not even 1/16th of a turn) then it loosened off no problems.

I usually use a blowtorch elsewhere on the car, but on alloys the loctite freeze spray doesn't damage anyting