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Stripped lugnut or stud.. help!

Cntymnty77

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I got my new rear shocks in yesterday and went to remove my left rear tire for the install and one lugnut started to back off and then just started spinning without coming off. After jacking with it for a minute, I tried to tighten it and it did the same thing. I’m wondering if the press in stud came loose/ stripped out and now it just spins inside the hole.

Has anyone ever successfully fixed this problem without tearing the shit out of the wheel and how did you do it?
 
sometimes you can get them to reseat when you tighten them back down enough but if yours is still spinning your probably stuck with replacing it..if you got a stud doing that its probably a good time to go in there anyways and check stuff out..could be another close to doing the same thing and you might catch something else you cant see (like a stuck e-brake shoe)
 
Blazooki said:
sometimes you can get them to reseat when you tighten them back down enough but if yours is still spinning your probably stuck with replacing it..if you got a stud doing that its probably a good time to go in there anyways and check stuff out..could be another close to doing the same thing and you might catch something else you cant see (like a stuck e-brake shoe)
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Yeah, it wouldn’t tighten back up.. How do I get the damn thing off without tearing the hell out of everything though?
 
Pull the rear shaft and drum assembly with the rear tire still connected.
 
Can you get to the stud with a dremel and a cut off wheel?
 
Have an impact? Try spinning it off as fast as it will go. Maybe it will seize and twist it off
 
I with @Bent77 and the dremel. I’d tape the shit of the wheel to protect it. Then I’d try to cut the end of the lugnut off and then try to cut it lengthwise and spread it. Worse case is that it might take two lengthwise cuts. You can get it pretty tight spaces with the cable dremel attachment.

I’d try this before pulling the axle.
 
Is the tapered seat still inside the wheel or did it back out?

I got one off with a nut breaker once. They tend to have a bit of an angle built into them, but whether or not one will fit depends on the design of the wheel. Do you think you can cut the end of both the nut and stud off together? If so, you can grind a notch in the end of the stud for a screwdriver - if it's not super seized to the nut.
 
You'll need a good drill bit if your planning to drill out a wheel stud..
It's been done before,but its a long tedious process..and if the stud spins freely enough,the drill may just make it spin rather than drill into it too..

You might have to replace the axle,or weld in a new stud,if the stripped one hogged out the splined hole in the axle flange bad enough..

I saw a guy use freon to freeze a stripped wheel stud one,then he used the 4 way lug wrench as a lever by lifting up on it,and it snapped the stud off,leaving the nut in the wrench...after that it was easy to punch out the remains of the stud and replace it..

I've removed stripped lug nuts with a small sharp cold chisel ,used it to split the nut open along one side--if you can dremel a slot in the nut at least part way,that will help guide the chisel and prevent it from slipping off and damaging the rim..

At my friends shop ,he runs into this once in a while--he usually calls the customer and tells them what is going on,and if the rims are not something "one off" or custom,he'll just source a good used one from a junkyard and use a hole saw to cut around the stripped lug nut--time is money in a shop,he cant afford to waste hours trying to save something that is a lost cause...
 
Most of the time if you loosen the rest of them most of the way, and then put pressure on that stud and nut, it will come off.
 
Bent77 said:
Sounds like a good way to die
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Ya leave the jack supporting most of the weight. ...
Delicate approach like......

And I am not sure if you can get the axle to slide in far enough with the brake drum on to remove the C clip.
 
6872xtc said:
Ya leave the jack supporting most of the weight. ...
Delicate approach like......

And I am not sure if you can get the axle to slide in far enough with the brake drum on to remove the C clip.
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Blah shut up hippie

Was wondering about the axle slide in as well. I’ve cut em off, and spun them fast enough to seize and break off
 
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