fun fact I learned, when taking the wheel off of antique or fancy cars you have to hit this part with a lead hammer that deforms with each hit so it doesn’t get scratched/damaged. Eventually it gets so deformed that you have to melt it down and mold it back into a hammer shape again.
idk why a rubber mallet wouldn’t work but I assume car guys have thought of that before me and there’s a reason why they’re not used
I got the chance to use one of those hammers on a knock off hub before, it weighs like 6-7 lbs and you’ve gotta swing it pretty hard because it needs 5x more torque on it than a normal lug nut to stay put. Rubber can’t quite cut it.
The modern upgrade is just use an actual nut and a comically long wrench if you don’t have a pit crew.
fun fact I learned, when taking the wheel off of antique or fancy cars you have to hit this part with a lead hammer that deforms with each hit so it doesn’t get scratched/damaged. Eventually it gets so deformed that you have to melt it down and mold it back into a hammer shape again.
idk why a rubber mallet wouldn’t work but I assume car guys have thought of that before me and there’s a reason why they’re not used
I got the chance to use one of those hammers on a knock off hub before, it weighs like 6-7 lbs and you’ve gotta swing it pretty hard because it needs 5x more torque on it than a normal lug nut to stay put. Rubber can’t quite cut it.
The modern upgrade is just use an actual nut and a comically long wrench if you don’t have a pit crew.