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Old 01-24-2004, 10:08 AM
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The tough ones take two people. One of you has to hold the wheel tight. DO NOT use the steering wheel lock to hold the wheel. The other has to power the breaker bar. When I pulled my wheel the first time it took two of us and every thing we could muster up to break that bolt loose.

You need a quality 10mm allen. The cheapos will crack just as you describe everytime. If you split a good one (I might suggest Craftsman by Sears, just for the replacement policy) then you have to decide if it is really that important to remove the wheel.

One quality socket and two people should get that wheel off.
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