Dodge duellie?

Son has a 2009 or 2008 dodge dually with 4 door cab, 8' bed, etc.  The question is here, before any repairs are done.  He has a lug nut, between the rims, a inner wheel nut is rounded off, not good!  I said to get a hole saw, no arbor, use garden hose, et. to shim it to the correct outer casting dia., drill the nut loose, chisel, and hope for the best???? I have not seen it, this just from what he told me.  Any input will be appreciated.  

Edited by Dave in PA - 21 Mar 2023 at 3:51pm

I guess you are saying there is a SPACER block bolted to the ORIGINAL STUDS and then the duals bolt to the spacer block... The NUTS on the SPACER block are counter sunk and one is rounded off ?? 

Stupidity reigns supreme in this country! Up here I see guys with their wheels offset 4-5 inches outside the body. Not sure what kind of stupidity that takes. Stress wheel bearings and have the whole entire vehicle covered with mud and road grit as well as all around you on a multi lane hi way. On a dually if you have anything other than stock configuration you are looking for major problems and a wheel off especially if carrying large loads. But who cares if you kill someone trying to look cool!

It sounds like has been a single rear wheel truck converted to a duallie. We did several while we owned the tire shop. Take the other 7 lug nuts off and everything may slide off. Good luck with it.

To clear the air here, yes, it is a factory dually. Dodge 4x4 or is that 2x4, 4x6?  Front wheels can spin under power as well!!!!  4 door, 8' bed, diesel, with I believe the 6 speed manual tranny.  The factory anti-stolen theft protection around here.  No one can drive a standard tranny with a 3rd petal!  He bought it with the wheel spacers installed, sorta the reason to get the wheel off!!!! And as far as stupidity, I am to believe it is everywhere, in every county.

Could you get to it and beat a smaller metric socket on it if its SAE and using a long breaker bar get it loose that way. Worst case is if you decide to drill and you happen to hit the threads you need to replace the stud but might want to do that anyhow. Best of luck to ya. Just got to talk to it

Jay your going the wrong  way as I understand  it. But I have been wrong before. It is the nut they need off . You weld on the nut it expands like you want, but will cool quick, and be even tighter. So if the first try doesn't get it your now worse off.

Just go to the store and buy a locking lug nut removal tool. It looks like a socket the inside is a left handed cone shaped thread. Put it on the rounded nut and hit it with your impact it will screw its self down on the nut till it takes the nut off you must use an impact. To get the nut out you'll need to clamp it in the vise or put it on a stud in the vise and impact it back off they come in several sizes. Our Oriellys had them instock I think it was $20 makes taking a mangled nut off into a 20 sec job. It will mangle the nut. I've use mine a couple times and don't know how I got along without it. The first time I used it I had a rough time trying to take the nut out. The only way is hold it and impact in tighten moved and it'll screw it self off so fast.

Edited by Dakota Dave - 24 Mar 2023 at 8:58am

cut one side of nut off with a cut off wheel' will come wright off; did one the other day on a bad trailer stud.