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Originally Posted by iCivic
i'm gonna give it hell tomorrow, i bet them gator wrenches are expensive
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Like $20-$30 at Sears, you can't afford that? I mean seriously, it's a FAR better choice and price than having to crack them off and having to buy new wheels, or studs, or hubs, or whatever else cracking them off might damage. The moral of the story here is don't get inside key lugs like that (too many stories of them stripping out) and don't ever trust any shop with your car to not mess anything up.
When I replaced my brake rotors the first time I had a hell of time getting off the 2 screws that hold each rotor to the hub at the hat. I almost completely stripped out one of the screws before asking advice how to get them off, because due to heat and thermal transfer and all that stuff, they were practically stuck to the hub. I was told to go out and buy or aquire an impact torque driver. They were $25 at Sears. Expensive for a tool yes, but FAR cheaper than going to a brake shop to pay some lemming to use a torque gun on it and charge me an hour worth of labor to do so. And the kicker... It worked PERFECTLY, even on the nearly rounded out stripped screw. So in all seriousness, the Gatorgrip is well worth the trouble/cost to buy. Plus you can use it like almost everywhere you use a socket.