And the easiest solution of all:  Join AAA and let them do it!  Somehow
I just can't picture my wife with my four foot breaker bar popping those
lug nuts loose!

Jeff Palmer wrote:
>
> However, when trying to change the wheels myself, the lug nuts
> were simply immovable.  I can imagine getting stuck in the
> middle of winter when it's -30 and not being able to get those
> suckers off, and meeting a nasty fate.  Has anybody found a
> wrench with a little more leverage to it?  Or should I instruct
> the guys at the tire shop to tighten the lugs to a specific
> torque?
>
> I'm a big 29 year old dude and can't imagine how some smaller
> folks would handle it.  I've changed tires on the van in the
> past, but this time they're particularly stuck.
>
> Jeff
> 85 Westy
> Winnipeg

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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Driven since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring)

Assisting on Restoration:
'72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Parts cars:
'68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT