Yesterday, I was taking off my tire to paint my brake calipers, and one of the lugnuts would not come off. It was stuck. I kept trying to loosen it up, and eventually I heard a snap. The lug nut kind of fell out, and I looked at it. The bolt thing that it screwed onto, had broken off, with half of it stuck in the lug nut. I was just wondering how big of a problem this is? Could I drive my car with 4 out of 5 lug nuts secure? How much would it cost to fix this?
I'm just curious, I haven't driven the car yet...
Yes you can but 5 are better then 4. Is it the front or rear? You didn't say. Its not likly to cause you any problems but its just a good idea to fix it anyway . Cause if you break another one THEN your screwed.
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i drove around missing one from the rear forever, i knew i shouldn't but at the time it was not a priority of mine to fix. i even had one to replace it with for 3 or 4 months before i did do it. not recommended at all and i would consider doing it faster since it sounds like a front since you mentioned calipers and i did not see a rear conversion in your profile.
You need to get a new wheel stud. You can probably get one from the dealer for like $1 hah. Anyways, on my other car it was a piece of cake. Take off the wheel, take off the rotor, hit the broken stud with a hammer, it falls out, put one one in, replace rotor/caliper, replace wheel and tighten down.
However, I don't think on a j-body it's that easy. I can't exactly remeber the steps to doing it on a J, but do a search for wheel stud replacement. Hope this helps.
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Ahhh, thanks everyone. And yes, it was the rear right tire. I will get around to replacing it within a week then.
Thanks again
Do yourself a favor and torque your lug nuts down(100 ft lbs) so that you don't over tighten them and have this problem again.
BTW:
If you dont have the nfity little tool, a basic C clamp works just as well.
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LMR ( the uninsultable) wrote:BTW:
If you dont have the nfity little tool, a basic C clamp works just as well.
I wont need one to remove the drum will I? The stud broke on the rear right tire, it doesn't have a caliper.
Make sure you either apply WD-40 or some anti-seize on the studs when you put your tires back on...it will help to keep this from happening again.
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tylEr wrote:LMR ( the uninsultable) wrote:BTW:
If you dont have the nfity little tool, a basic C clamp works just as well.
I wont need one to remove the drum will I? The stud broke on the rear right tire, it doesn't have a caliper.
have fun, mine was a pain in the ass to get off, scared of breaking something else lol.
as far as i know it's gotta come off, think it would be a helluva trick leaving it on
you gotta take the cover off the drum.....a hammer, some cursing, and some beer, and a bigger hammer works well...........at least it did on my grand am
just beat that mofo till it loosens then slide off the cover
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ToBoGgAn wrote:tylEr wrote:LMR ( the uninsultable) wrote:BTW:
If you dont have the nfity little tool, a basic C clamp works just as well.
I wont need one to remove the drum will I? The stud broke on the rear right tire, it doesn't have a caliper.
have fun, mine was a pain in the ass to get off, scared of breaking something else lol.
as far as i know it's gotta come off, think it would be a helluva trick leaving it on
Yah it would be lol, I don't know what the hell I was thinking :S
