Can i drive for a few days with 4 out of 6 wheel studs?

[dep4b]

I got a flat tire on the rear, and when I replaced it, I busted two of the wheel studs. Required a breaker bar to get the studs off, so clearly put on with a impact wrench!

Unfortunately broke the two studs out of six right next to each other.

I'm in the mountains, and it's a long ways to town. Any suggestions on driving like this for a few days? Check them every X miles or hours?

Or is this a drop everything and get it fixed?

Hoping to not come off the mountain quite yet!

 

[85GT-79FJ40]

I've certainly done it. For weeks.... Not on my 4Runner but on several older toyota trucks I have had. My father had a 98 Tacoma with a broken stud on the front for about 5 years. I wouldn't sweat it too much.

 

[Putt4Doe]

I've heard of it being done before, but my OCD would 100% prevent me from doing it myself!

 

[Ripper238]

Most cars/SUV's only have 5 studs, some even have 4. So its not like the rim is going to fly off, but i would be cautious at higher speeds. Besides the slight imbalance if the remaining 4 are solid you should be fine for now. I would be weary of though terrain as well.

 

[Topdog50]

Any licensed technician would say "no" with good reason. The vehicle was built to run with 6 so 4 makes it unsafe. Has it been done...yes. I would be getting 6 on there as quick as possible.

 

[MNT_GOAT]

You could take one off another wheel and have two with 5/6 instead of one with 4/6. Had to do this trick to get home a long time ago when someone must have loosened all the lug nuts on one wheel in a parking lot and my wheel came off on the highway.

 

[Ripper238]

Hmm, posted back in July and no response. I hope he made it.

 

[4r-4ever]

other people posts for advice and doesn't care to at least provide additional info how he ended up doing.

 

[mscot]

I would never try such a thing with a 6th gen...

 

[ArthurKotb]

He logged in last December so he must have made it.

Yes you can borrow a lug nut off another wheel and have 5 & 5 if you were missing lug nuts, but his problem was that he snapped off 2 wheel studs. Kind of hard to replace those when you're on the road.