21mm socket get stuck tightening lug bolt
 

Is there a special socket that will not get stuck tightening the lug bolt? I've tried impact and regular socket and they stuck when tightening. I have stock wheels and was wondering if I have some aftermarket lug bolts.





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Mine are 19mm :dunno:

:iagree:

So are Mine. The soccer mom minivan has 21mm lug nuts.

well I'm an idiot... it's actually a 19mm.. luckily I didn't test drive it too because I forgot to install the ABS sensor on the spindle.. that's the problem when you run out of daylight and working out of the garage in the cold..





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LOL. But wouldn't the socket just spin on the bolt...unless we're just talking the OD vs. thinwall, and you're getting stuck cause it's too fat. Regardless, get urself a wheel socket set which should just be a set of thinwalls

Weird all of my bmw's have 17mm lug bolts.

Well I haven't tried my e70 but my E53 and other bmw's have 17mm lug bolts.

What type of wheels are you running? Perhaps a PO changed the bolts from 19mm to 17mm.

Stock wheels. The only reason I know what fits mine so well is I have a 1/2 inch extension that I keep a 17mm socket on for all my bmw stuff and I used it when I did the wheel bearings and back brakes on the E53.

21mm works and it was able to loosen the bolts easily with my impact, it's just too fat.. when I tried out 19mm using the same set of impact socket it fits snugly during tightening.. I quit torquing it last night because I have a gut feeling I'm not doing it right (I could have stripped it and have more problems).. there's always a sunny and warmer next day ;)


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All of my BMWs had 17mm lug bolts, too...until I got the 06 e53 (not sure about the 85 e30, though). It threw me for a loop the first time I went to remove them...because I brought my 17mm socket to the party...and it wouldn't fit.

If you pull up the diagrams for the e53...the example below for the Style 153 wheels that came on my 06...you can see that up to 12/2005 build date (which includes me)...the part nbr for bolt (#4) is a 19mm bolt (part # 36 13 6 756 298)...then after the 12/2005 build date...it went back to a 17mm bolt (part # 36 13 6 781 153).