Iloveyourhonda92

So i freakin went to go loosen my lugs's and i jacked up my car got them all off and the last lug nut wouldnt come off, it feels like im tightening it when i try to loosen it and it now spins freely and wabbles.... i cant get my wheel off!! any way to do this, taking it to firestone to see if they can use a impact gun to get it off... anyone know how much this cost to fix?! oh and its on the driver side front wheel hub

Linked

the stud must have stripped out in the wheel hub

GL on that one, the only thing i can think of is getting the wheel stud to sit while you spin the lugnut

maybe you can weld the back of the wheel stud so it can sit stationary

300whpej

try putting the full weight of the car on the wheel with the other 3 hand tight and see if that helps. a impact gun comes in handy in times like these, even the cheap ones that walmart carries and are electrical. 200 ft/lbs tq > you

Iloveyourhonda92

thanks, would i have to put full weight of the car on it? would that prevent the stud from spinning?

masterEF

that is the same bitch problem i had too

what i did is grind away the nut
like cutting into the nut then i drilled in the stud until it collapsed onto itself by drilling lots of little holes that broke the nut up

and dont worry about the rims as nothing happened to mines except you need to be ginger with the grinder

EG'SUS

Something similar happened to mine and the stud broke.. So i just got new ones, It aint that hard to replace them....

Iloveyourhonda92

i dont have a grinder

Iloveyourhonda92

eg'sus if you didnt read i cant get the lug nut off so i cant get the wheel off to access the wheel stud...

EG'SUS

Oh snaps...

Iloveyourhonda92

yea its pretty shitty, how do you remove the wheel studd and put a new one in?

thumper64

Are the studs hardened? Could you drill out the stud? Tacking the studs in place from the back isn't a bad idea. If you have to replace on later, it'd be easy enough to cut with a little cutoff wheel.

Iloveyourhonda92

hardened sorry? idk **** about this... alls i know is the lug nug probably stripped onto the wheel stud and when i went to loosen it it must of stripped the wheel stud.. but i cant take of the lug nut to access the stud

masterEF

studs are hardened, trust me i know
well you could always get a drill bit the size of the stud and drill into it until it collapses

CivicSpoon

Nice rims or crappy rims? If they are crappy rims (like steelies), you could spin it so the one you're trying to get off is at the bottom. Then pull the bottom of the wheel forward and push the top of the wheel back, while loosening the lug nut. That way there is more tension on it. Of if you really don't care about the rim, and can fit one in there, stick a pry bar in there against the back end of the lug nut to create more tension, and loosen it.

Iloveyourhonda92

any one else have any idea's im going to go try that now, Firestone said they charge me 55 bucks just to take of the freakin lug nut! so dumb!!!

H23_del_soul

What kind of wheels!!!!!

Iloveyourhonda92

just stupid *** silver steelies on cx ek hatch

H23_del_soul

Then go to walmart, buy a 25 dollar grinder, cut the thing off like the other guy said and pocket the other 30 bucks you save not taking it to the shop. Or, take it to the shop and after they take it off replace it so it doesn't happen again. Is the problem the nut or the stud? If the stud stripped out in the back, you MIGHT have to replace the wheel cylinder. Well, not the whole thing, but the part that holds the studs. If you take it off to replace the one, might as well replace all 4.

Iloveyourhonda92

the Stud is moving freely and i cant get the lug nut off there is a lil space i might be able to grind it off with.

H23_del_soul

Can you get to the back of the stud? Is there any space to grab the stug with some vice grips from the back while you remove the lug nut?

masterEF

theres no way to get the back the wheel is in the way
and you dont have to change the whole wheel cylinder but since you need to change the stud now you need to take the bearing out to change the stud
or you can always run just 3 studs

H23_del_soul

running 3 studs although safe, and as much as I hate to say it it is safe, is not a good idea. The car will drive fine with 3 lug nuts, but what will happen under a high load, or tight turn, or what if another wheels stud or lug nut breaks ( I have seen this happen) and then you have 2 nuts....Your ****ed. Best bet is to grind it off from the front, and GO SLOW! take your time and cut the lug nut off then slide the wheel off.

H23_del_soul

Too bad your not closer, I would help you out for WAYYYYYYYYYY less than 55 bucks, lol. toss me 20 bucks to cover grinding discs and **** and I'd do it, lol. Post up in the for sale section for your region that you need help and have cash, someone will lend a hand.

Iloveyourhonda92

so i got my grinder and did work on the nut, it ended up chewing thru the nut hella fast and i didnt notice that it cut thru my wheel tool. its about half inch log and it cut all the way thru >.< .. what too do?

masterEF

well looks like your going to have to drill into the nut until it falls apart