Broke a lug nut stud.....WTF?

[BOSS]

I was pulling off the rear wheels today after a long drive and along with the nut came half the stud! WTF!? Anyone ever do this? How to fix?



I am struggling to figure this out, it didn't break at the point on the stud where the nut sits against my 24s, but almost halfway off the stud it snapped. It was hard to turn the entire length of the stud.

Another lug was just as hard to get off the length of the stud, no debris on the stud except some metal shavings as I twisted the **** out of the nut off.

I noticed that the studs were very warm to the touch - could metal flex be that be one reason why these two things happened? Am I retarted?


BOSS

 

[blueflamed03]

nope....drive down to a wheel shop, see if they can get you new studs pressed in....use antiseize on threads when installing your lugs.

 

[BOSS]

Thanks blue.

That's ******* gay.




BOSS

 

[blueflamed03]

I know man, someone wrenched that sucker down last time

 

[BOSS]

I know man, someone wrenched that sucker down last time

I wonder who that could have been


BOSS

 

[Josh]

I replaced three of mine on my grand prix last year. I'm guessing the same style pressed in ones. I had to pull the caliper and rotors off and then hammered the bad ones out the backside and put the new ones in. When I put the wheels back on with the new studs, the torque of the lugnut pulled the stud right into place. I just went to NAPA and got the studs. They were pretty cheap if I remember correctly.

 

[BOSS]

I know man, someone wrenched that sucker down last time

I wonder who that could have been


BOSS

---------- Post added at 06:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

Gracias

 

[tybardy]

oh man, antiseize is NASTY shit... gets all over the place and just ******* all around gross...

that is a really ****** problem man, let me know what it cost to get it fixed, just so i know if i ever run into this problem in the future

 

[Rivieraracing]

I always wipe a light coating of wheel bearing grease on the threads every other time I take off my wheels, I have broke off 2 different studs in my lifetime but haven't had a problem with a single one since I started with the grease!!

 

[gbleezy]

Were the lugnuts the correct size for the studs?