Tight wheel nuts

[Phoenix]

im ment to be swapping my old alloys for another set with a member on sunday and the wheel nuts are too tight and it keeps snapping my wrench bits. how can i get them off? is there anything stonger or are the wheels destined to stay on the car?
thing is though they not normal bolts they have a hexagon shape in the center that you push in a bit then attatch it to an adaptor bit to fit on a wrench...even my torque wrench adaptor broke. the size it 10mm part that fits over

 

[pinky]

sounds like you need an air tool.

 

[drhowser]

have you tried them hot, might make a difference?

 

[plunky]

i dont know if this would help, but maybe giving them a spray with wd40 or something similar and leaving for a bit?

 

[Final Maxim]

hit them with a hammer hard, or hammer them with a socket extension or something, anything just to shock them.

snapped one of my wheel braces clean in half taking the wheels off my mates combi van, they was tightened way too tight

 

[Renault_Boy01]

two words....air tool

 

[Jay_clio]

extendable wheel wrench i had the same broke a couple of wrench, but since i got a extendable 1 no problem atall now.

 

[Gary-Lew]

extendable wheel wrench i had the same broke a couple of wrench, but since i got a extendable 1 no problem atall now.

As above, you will crack them easy with one of these

 

[Phoenix]

sounds like you need an air tool.

kwikfit?

have you tried them hot, might make a difference?

no but ill try it tomorrow morning

i dont know if this would help, but maybe giving them a spray with wd40 or something similar and leaving for a bit?

also a good idea i might combine that with hot nuts

extendable wheel wrench i had the same broke a couple of wrench, but since i got a extendable 1 no problem atall now.

As above, you will crack them easy with one of these

what is one of them?

 

[Djw John]

Leverage, get a big bar over the ratchet, almost always works!

 

[Sash]

Leverage, get a big bar over the ratchet, almost always works!

Leaverage is good, altho i tried undoing my hub nut on my mk2 and i managed to bend a 3.5ft bar :S

 

[Phoenix]

i have a torque wrench.....but the bits i use to go over the nut are what bends then breaks