pigman1 wrote:
Get a Dremel cutoff wheel and cut 2 channels up the side of the nut cover so you can peel the cover off. Do you have a standard nut then showing (metric or standard) left? I've never seen a lug covered with sheet goods that didn't require the cover to be removed before the lug was loosened.
You need to specify what the lug (flat) was on. RV? Make, model, year, Toad? Same, make, model, etc.
RV lugs with decorative covers usually use something like these Cover pullers
to remove the cover.
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With a Dremel tool, you don't need muscle - just a little cut-off wheel. I was helping my neighbor trying to get the nut off his trailer ball. We had cheaters 4 feet long - one of us holding the ball and the other trying to turn the nut. We weren't having any luck because the threads were galled and jammed. I got my little Dremel with a cut-off wheel and put a cut on each side of the nut. Then put a screwdriver in the slot and tapped it with a hammer - the nut fell off easily. We should have started with the Dremel and saved ourselves a lot of effort. The Dremel with other attachments but the cut-off wheel gets the most use. It's something I carry with me when I leave home because you never know when you might need it.
