I was changing my rims when i think put too much effort and snapped one of the bolts in half, can I drive the car with just 4 bolts? my car is a ITR

and also how can this be fixed and how much ! thanks alot

 

Youll be fine with the 4 bolts. Just got to and auto parts store and order another stud. hammer the old one out. Put the new one in as far as it will go. Throw the rim on and tighten them all down and your set.

 

you will be fine with 4. youll be fine with even 3. if you take it to a shop its going to be 50-60 dollars for them to replace it. if you do it yourself the stud is a couple of dollars.

what you need to do, is :

1. take the tire off.
2. take the caliper + bracket off.
3. take off the rotor.
4. hammer the broken stud out just like its a nail.
5. slide the new stud in and line it up (some have a flat line and need to be lined up to the inside - compare to the other ones you have)
6. put a spacer (a bigger bolt that slides over works fine) and then put the lug nut over it
7. make sure the nut touches the spacer so it can pull itself tight.
8. tighten the lug nut and let the stud pull itself into place and get flush with the hub.
9. put everything you took off back.

its an easy do it yourself job. theres nothing heavy involved except maybe taking the rotor off you might need an impact screwdriver, thats it.

the rest a standard socket set would work fine.

 

from what i remember... my father did it for me about 4 years ago in an ek. he had to remove the central hub nut.. as the stud dont just knock out.. i could be wrong i was young back then

 

itll knock out.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Civic168 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">from what i remember... my father did it for me about 4 years ago in an ek. he had to remove the central hub nut.. as the stud dont just knock out.. i could be wrong i was young back then</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IVI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">itll knock out.

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Unless the type R is different then the newer civics, you have to remove the hub because the stud is to long to just fall out.

 

if you spin it theres a spot for it to come out and go in from.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IVI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you spin it theres a spot for it to come out and go in from.</TD></TR></TABLE>Not always. My '95 GSR has no such cutout in the steering knuckle. I don't know which years/models have that.

But if metal-x is talking about a REAR hub, I think there's plenty of room.

 

I had to do this to my EF and I took the rear caliper/bracket and rotor off and used a brass hammer to knock the thing out. It took some effort, but it isnt hard.

(My rotor comes off when you take the calipers off)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not always. My '95 GSR has no such cutout in the steering knuckle. I don't know which years/models have that.

But if metal-x is talking about a REAR hub, I think there's plenty of room.
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Yeah the newer cars don't have these spots, the hole hub needs to be pulled off.

 

Yeah me and a buddy spent awhile on his (an EG) cause we needed to get the axle nut off (off the hub). I know next time I do it it will go by alot faster cause now I know what to expect.