I think perhaps Bryan may be talking about the thread interface (nut / stud) being stripped and not the nut faces where the wrench fits. I have experienced what he is referring to after visits to Sears et al, and if it is the threads that are stripped, I would definitely recommend new hardware. Cheers, Dave Milo On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:59 AM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: > My mechanic must have set his torque wrench set on "bolt sieze" as it took > forever to get the lug nuts off my rear wheels to put on the snows. I > ended > put striping one of the bolts good. Real good. Is that something I can go > get a tool for at Sears hardware or should I just wait until the shop opens > and bring it over this week? > > Thanks, > Bryan > |
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