I was rotating my tires today and one of the lug nuts just wouldn't come loose so I knew it was gonna snap the more I turned it and it eventually did. So one half is stuck in the nut and the other in the rotor.

Is it okay to drive with just 4 lug nuts in one of the wheel? And how much do tire shops or the dealer charge to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

 

It should be safe as long as u don't drive it hard.

But...why not fix it yourself? Easy diy fix.

Just use a hammer and lightly tap the broken stud out of the hub. Replace with a new stud. I never broke a stud but did replace all the fronts with longer ones. Not hard at all.


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this is a very easy fix

 

Thanks. I'll try to do it myself.

 

I have done it a couple times.... no biggie, I actually have to do another in the next couple days.

 

As stated above, it's an easy fix. Time to start putting a little dab of grease on those threads before you install the lug nuts.

 

This is your freind.

 

Could have been cross threaded...which is the biggest cause of broken studs. Tkae lesson, next time someone else works on your car, tell them you want the lugs torqued by hand. Impact wrenches are way too powerfull!

 

4 years ago I belive NTB charge me $35, it's okay to drive on 4. I also suggest that you should buy some extra studs and lugs and keep them in your car.

 

do yourself a favor, upgrade your stock studs with heat treated ones, racingbrake.com sells them. i had the stockers breaking on the race track, now no more issues. oh yea, they were torked right but still broke ! stock = weak.

 

What were you torqueing them up to?

 

its safe to drive, i have been driving with mine broken for months

 

...and you live where?

Hopefully you're not driving anywhere near my children.

There are some items that you can hold off on repair, other CRITICAL items should be repaired ASAP. Wheels studs, IMHO, are a critical item.

 

Order a couple from the dealer. Take the wheel off, pound the broken stud out, push the new one in, put the wheel one, tighten the lug nut, take wheel off make sure the stud is all the way in, repeat if needed, repeat again one week later.

 

+1! When I go to the tire shop, I personally take the wheels off and reinstall them myself. Heck, I would do my own tire changes, plugs, balances, and alignments myself if they would let me No one touches my lug nuts with an impact wrench, evuh!