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One of my wheel studs broke off my front passenger wheel today, just wondering if it's safe to ride around on 3 lugs?

wheelmanbg

it will be OK for a while but if it's front I'd get it changed for safety
I had to have one done and it was only like $20 at a tire shop

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wheelmanbg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it will be OK for a while but if it's front I'd get it changed for safety
I had to have one done and it was only like $20 at a tire shop</TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh ok. It's my only car and need to get around. Not getting on any highways or anything, just inside roads. Just making sure

JDM-EJ1

Maybe for a little while.. But not something I would recommend for long periods of time.

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">May need to check your muffler bearings as well. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe you need to shut the expletive up

JDM Vision

should be good for a while, i broke my front left and drove it for 3 weeks on 3 studs

Jedi_Sol

Crap, ive been driving around for a year with only 3 lugs on both front wheels.

axtran

it actually can warp your brakes (calipers and rotors) if you hit them too hard being on 3 lugs - happened to a close friend's CRX. just get the missing lug nut. lol

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

May need to check your muffler bearings as well. </TD></TR></TABLE>

There's no need to be a smart alec about about it. Help him, or don't post at all.

Kamin

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by axtran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it actually can warp your brakes (calipers and rotors) if you hit them too hard being on 3 lugs - happened to a close friend's CRX. just get the missing lug nut. lol</TD></TR></TABLE>
if the wheel isnt falling off he isnt going to warp the brakes. that was a coincidence. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schardbody &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NO, YOU WILL BLOW YOUR MOTOR.</TD></TR></TABLE>
shut the **** up


You will be fine on 3, just make sure the remaining 3 are torqued and dont go crazy.

&lt;- has run a full day of HPDE (road racing) and a full day of drifting on 4 out of 5 nuts.

i heart honda

I'm being a smart alec because he has 7000+ posts and asked a ridiculous question like this.

Kamin

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm being a smart alec because he has 7000+ posts and asked a ridiculous question like this. </TD></TR></TABLE>
oh i guess postcount has a direct corrolation with intelligence now.

huh...i have over 19,000...does that make me one of the smartest members here? **** no.

(yes, 19,000. i had it reset at 11k)

LowSlow93Sol

Short answer. Yes it is fine.

Long...SEARCH!!!! the has been asked only 607 times...

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm being a smart alec because he has 7000+ posts and asked a ridiculous question like this. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Does it hurt to ask a ******* question?

Why the expletive do yall even post if you don't have anything helpful to say?

Syndacate

perfectly fine

especially out of the FOUR on most honda wheels, the only time I worried about lug nuts was when I went to take my friend's pathfinder and there was 5/6 lugs on 3 of the wheels, and 2 lugs on one of the wheels....

I had to move them then...

ekcivic9

yeap you'll be fine... when the shop snapped one of my studs, i had to drive around for a couple of weeks with 3 studs.

from that day on, ive never brought my car back to a shop except for alignment.

SOHC_me

i had 3 on, then anouther broke so i drove on 2 for a day, not safe at all, but 3's ok

eg ferio

screw going 5 lug ...its all about that mad crazy frsh jdm 3 lug yooo!!......anyways ive been riding on 3 for a year now so your good just keep thme torqued down and repair them whenever you have some free time and 20 bux to spend

DireFire34

personally if i were u i would get a torque wrench, after i broke one of mine off, thats the first thing i got when i for back from the honda dealer(yes they raped me but not TOO bad). als if u have one of htem replaced, id have all of them replaced, its not that much more, because if one of htem broke form being too tight on that wheel, the other 3 have more of a chance.

I have a torque wrench but it only goes up to 75ft lbs , i got hte 1/2" wrench and it goes up to 150ft lbs so get urself a torque wrench!!

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...e=Yes thats the one i got, it works perfectly and it has a lifetime warranty on it.

B7AudiA4

you're not too bad, i'd check every so often to see though. Just make sure your lugs are still in tact and not loose. Fix it, it's not that expensive anyway.

I believe someone loosened my lug nuts and I ended up going on the freeway.
(TRUE STORY)
and I ended up driving on 1 lug nut while all the other three fell off. It was pretty scary, but I saw I was missing 3 lug nuts. 1 lug holding and my wheel was being all weird. I do not ever want that to happen again, so I got new lugs with key.

troppop

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kamin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if the wheel isnt falling off he isnt going to warp the brakes. that was a coincidence.
shut the **** up


You will be fine on 3, just make sure the remaining 3 are torqued and dont go crazy.

&lt;- has run a full day of HPDE (road racing) and a full day of drifting on 4 out of 5 nuts. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Because 4/5 is exactly the same as 3/4...not trying to be mean, I'm just tired

But yeah, you'll be fine all you need is to make a plane (three points). Should get it fixed ASAP tho.

Frozen E

I had a toyota corona I drove on 3 lugs for 2 years.

prison_snitch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schardbody &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NO, YOU WILL BLOW YOUR MOTOR.</TD></TR></TABLE>

post reported.

its ok to drive on 3 but dont do it longer than you have to..

i had 3 lugs break off and it cost like 100 bucks labor..

Frozen E

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prison_snitch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">post reported.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Your screen name fits you.

George Knighton

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm being a smart alec because he has 7000+ posts and asked a ridiculous question like this. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Well, then, maybe you should have known well enough not to post spurious answers and have bouncing ***** avatars.