I need to stop taking steriods...

[shocksyde]

I tore a lug nut in half over the weekend. Who knew that could happen?

My car's in the shop right now. They apparently have to drill out the stud. Great.

 

[iamwiz82]

What style lug was it?

 

[M2008S]

avoid those 'nice looking' chrome lug nuts.. they got that crappy cheap "chrome" stuff on them that just breaks off. get real chrome ones or just regular ones... or locking ones you need a key to get off

 

[ayabe]

Chinese? FTL now and forever.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Lug nut or lug bolt? I'm not sure how a problem with a lug nut would necessitate drilling out the stud. I could very well just be confused though.

ZV

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Lug nut or lug bolt? I'm not sure how a problem with a lug nut would necessitate drilling out the stud. I could very well just be confused though.

ZV

Maybe part of the bolt came with the nut?
That happened to me when I was taking the running boards off my Beetle--but then again, that 's a 1973, and the power of rust had probably fused them into one piece.

 

[steppinthrax]

You sure you didn't mean that you tore a stud in half....

 

[shocksyde]

The nut. I was putting all the nuts back on after adding hub centric rings to my new wheels (i was feeling vibrations).

My torque wrench seemed to be acting weird, so I used a 18" breaker bar to tighten the lugs. Not a good idea.

They are aftermarket locking lugs. Made of what must be equal in strength to aluminum foil .

I've learned my lesson. I'll be ordering better lug nuts.

The stud needs to be drilled out because there is no way the rest of the lug is coming off. I'd estimate the bottom 1/5 is still holding onto the wheel. Even if I remove the other 3 lug nuts, the wheel won't wobble back and forth at all.

I'd also imagine if me or someone else tried to drill/chisel off the remainder of the nut the stud (threads, etc) would be ruined anyways.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Ahh, so the gripping part came off while the bullet-nose portion is still stuck on there without a means to get a grip on it.

ZV

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Ahh, so the gripping part came off while the bullet-nose portion is still stuck on there without a means to get a grip on it.

ZV

Yeah, you explained it much better .

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Ahh, so the gripping part came off while the bullet-nose portion is still stuck on there without a means to get a grip on it.

ZV

DOH!

 

[TheSlamma]

I sheered off a couple lugs on my old 79 K-10 4x4'n, I punched all of them out with a big punch and a small sledge. Then just pounded in 6 new ones, didn't take long at all.

 

[foghorn67]

weld a cheap socket to the broke lug nut. oldest trick in the book.

 

[steppinthrax]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
weld a cheap socket to the broke lug nut. oldest trick in the book.

You know they are going to make a big deal out of it. Drilling out the stud and replacing it.... They'll probably do the welding trick and charge him for the new stud and labor for replacement.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I have yet to figure out why after getting aftermarket one piece lug nuts, on one wheel I've had a stud break off two different times because the nut was siezed up on the bolt. (luckily, the tire shop that put them on paid to have the stud replaced both times).

And as far as welding a socket to the lug nut, if the wheels have a deep well, it'll be damned hard to get anything in there to weld with without welding onto the stud or wheel.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: steppinthrax

Originally posted by: foghorn67
weld a cheap socket to the broke lug nut. oldest trick in the book.

You know they are going to make a big deal out of it. Drilling out the stud and replacing it.... They'll probably do the welding trick and charge him for the new stud and labor for replacement.

He was putting the nut on when it broke. I'd lay money that he distorted the threads on the stud which absolutely would require replacing the stud.

ZV

 

[ayabe]

Well at least this didn't happen:

RX-7 - something's missing

 

[imported_Truenofan]

i think that guy didnt tighten em or something and they rolled off when he started moving. yeah, brake rotors dont hold the weight of the car too effectively as well. that and it cant be too good for them

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Truenofan
i think that guy didnt tighten em or something and they rolled off when he started moving. yeah, brake rotors dont hold the weight of the car too effectively as well. that and it cant be too good for them

Meat man? Is that you?

 

[Demo24]

just how tight did you need those things?

I just use the bar that comes with the car and put a good bit of weight on it, never had a problem.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
ZV

woah, that rarely happens. All lug nuts are softer than any stud for this reason.

 

[Colt45]

Wheel bolts ftw.


studs are weaksauce