How to Remove Lug Nuts

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Summary: Learn how to remove lug nuts to replace your shocks with expert automotive tips in this free online auto repair and car maintenance video clip.

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Nathan McCullough Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal. Nathan has managed sev... read more

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How to Remove Lug Nuts

Hi. My name is Nate McCullough, on behalf of Expert Village. In these clips, we're going to talk about the proper way to inspect, remove, replace, and maintenance your vehicle's shock absorbers. In this clip, we're going to talk about the service procedure for removing the fasteners that hold your shock absorber to your vehicle. What I have here, my 3/8 ratchet and my half-inch drive ratchet. I have my socket installed on the upper fastener. Just for room's sake, I installed the socket before I slipped my ratchet onto it. What I'm going to do is push the plastic fender wall out of the way and get my ratchet to seat on there. Once I have it seated, if I can get the right direction here, I can go ahead and break it loose. You can see there's a nut here. If it's extremely seized, they put that nut there on purpose. You may be able to slide a wrench on there, hold it, and undo it. I can hold my shock absorber and unscrew it. Once you have it broken loose, you're going to go ahead and continue ratcheting the nut until it comes free. OK. We've got it up, so I can get it off with my fingers. There's the retaining nut for the top. You're also going to have a very large retaining washer and an upper insulation rubber. That's this piece right here. That's removal of the upper fastening components. I'm going to set them in my magnetic tray so I don't lose them. A little different style on the bottom. My half-inch drive ratchet. It's a little heavier-duty. I'm going to take it and break my nut loose. My nut and retaining washer are one piece on this one, as you can see. The insulating rubbers are built into the lower portion of the shock absorber. And that is the proper way to remove the fasteners for your shock.