Dave wrote on 03/11/16 at 09:28:59:I am sure that there are some good mechanics out there - it is a shame they are so hard to find.
I stopped taking my car to the dealer or tire stores when I need tires - I just drop off the wheels. Too many times they have tightened the lugs nuts so tight that it is impossible to remove them with the lug wrench.....they just keep banging away at the lug nuts with the impact wrench until they are impossible to remove with hand tools!
Since you no longer let gun monkeys work on your car this is clocking the barn door after the horse got out, but you can get any lugnut off a car no matter hoe tight if you use leg strength
this is my method
first you gotta have a straight, not 4 way lug wrench, or a breaker bar
set the tool on the lug nut so it sits parallel to the ground
with your right side to the car (unless it's a '60s Dodge with left hand threads) get down like you're gonna kneel on the ground
grab the wrench with your right hand
now stand /step forward (think 'walking lunge' exercise)
you'll either loosen the lug or snap the stud off
I've taken bolts off cars this way that a high end impact with 500 ft lb wouldn't loosen (snapping 3 of the 5 studs in the process, because they were cross threaded AND over tightened)
if this is 'clear as mud' I can make a short video and post to the forum for any who'd like to see