Help! Snapped off lugnut when tightening

[gannonrt]

I had some rhythmic brake squeaking and took off my drivers side wheel to check pads / rotors. Pads in ok condition so just sprayed everything down with break cleaner in the hopes that the squeak would go away. I was tightening the final lugnut and felt it go loose. I pulled the tire iron away and saw this....

I can't take off the wheel without removing the lugnut remnants and I want avoid replacing the stud. Is there any trick to getting this off? I've thought about carefully using a dremel grinder but that would be pretty slow.

Thoughts?

 

[Singtoe]

Remove the other lug nuts and the wheel should come off. It looks like the shoulder is the only thing left on the the stud.


Pull the wheel off. It might take some force but it will come off. Use vise grips to get the rest of the lug nut off.

 

[Brian757]

A broken lugnut is easier to fix than a wheel stud. Either arent very hard to fix though. Do as Singtoe said and remove other lugs, the wheel hole should be bigger than the remainder of the lug; pull the tire off. Grab some pliers or grips and twist her off!

Good luck and DONT buy a new lug from a stealership. AutoZone or AdvanceAuto should have replacements. Even acorn style lugs.

 

[I_bRAD]

I bet I know what the squeak was!

And yeah, I priced out a set of lug nuts from the dealer and they wanted 4+tax for each one! That's 125 bucks for a set :O

 

[cordrayj1]

ps- dont buy chinese ****

 

[SCRunner12]

PM me your info and I'll send you another lug nut if you want.

 

[Gerdo]

Somebody needs a torque wrench.

 

[gannonrt]

ps- dont buy chinese ****

Definitely won't. My Chinese GTP axle up front looks crappier than the thirteen year old stock one after a year. I'm done with that.

 

[gannonrt]

PM me your info and I'll send you another lug nut if you want.

PM'd

Somebody needs a torque wrench.

Ironically, my buddies that i wrench with make fun of me for my dedication to using torque wrenches every time I work on my rig. But for some reason, I've never used them for the lugnuts and its never occurred to me to do so. Lesson learned.....

 

[TheDurk]

PM'd



Ironically, my buddies that i wrench with make fun of me for my dedication to using torque wrenches every time I work on my rig. But for some reason, I've never used them for the lugnuts and its never occurred to me to do so. Lesson learned.....

It is important to torque your lugs not just to avoid snapping a lug or having one come loose. Precisely even and correct tightening is important to disc brake performance as well. Lots of 'warped rotors' can really be traced to excessive or uneven lug tightening. I never allow an air wrench near my lugs (for tightening) and I always torque to spec by hand. I have 150k and 13 years on my factory rotors and no 'warpage.' (On second set of pads.)