So I was trying to hammer the LCA from the whatever it attaches to, and in the process knock a wheel stud. So now the edge of the threads are mashed together and a lug nut wont fit.

Can this be filed down or something? Just think of the wheel stud as playdoe and the hammer as your little brothers foot stepping on it. (only not as severe).


the damage is only about 2-3 threads deep on one side, i only hit the wheel stud once.

 

die or thread restorer.

 

1 pop the old one out with a hammer,

2 go buy a new wheel stud, (take the old one to match and a lug nut to make sure it fits)

3 put the new one in the hole as far as you can by hand,

4 take 4 or 5 washers that fit over the wheel stud, put them on the stud

5 Thread a lug nut on backwards so that the flat part is against the washers,

6 tighten the lug nut with an impact gun (slowly, pulse the trigger on the gun) while watching the stud get drawn into the hub from behind,

7 when the base of the stud touches the hub stop impacting and put your wheel on and tighten with a torque wrench,

8 loosen and repeat one more time and you should be good with a new stud in place.

If you have any reservations of doing this take the car to a tire place and they can get you hooked up for cheap in no time, they have to do this alot. I did when I worked at Sears. I think we charged 10 bucks if we didn't have to remove the hub and press the stud in.

We had one guy in a Civic come in with one stud on each wheel, that must have been a tense ride to the shop huh? Florida and its salt air rust.