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Originally Posted by Biggd
They do sell extractor sockets that are made specifically for getting off rounded lug nuts. You hammer them on and they grip the rounded socket. Sometimes we have to use these after the owners tried to get them off and there's no hex left but it's a PITA!
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So how do you get the bad nut out of the socket to use it again? Like I said before, one of mine had to be bashed out with a hammer and chisel. I considered hammering the oversized socket onto the nut but reconsidered because of this reason.