HELP! Lug nut and wheel stud stripped!
 

hey last night I traded wheels with some really cool dudes up in ny and when I went to take the wheels off today to clean them up and repaint them, one lug nut wouldn't come off. I noticed it was crooked which means I probably put it back on incorrectly (it was dark and I was in a hurry). now I tried a couple suggestions from my friends, I went at with a chisel and go the top of it off but the rest I can barely make a dent into. I tried using a 19mm socket and all that did was round off the lug nut. now I'm stuck and looks to be half way off already. it just spins freely with no effort in place. anything else I can do ?

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here's what I traded my stockies for

Sounds like the stud is spinning free in the hub. If so without some specialty tools (torches, air hammer, etc) you are kinda screwed on your own. Sounds as though the lugs were not torqued correctly and were over torqued. You really have to work to cross thread a lugnut on a wheel stud.

Edit: if the stud is still held solid in the hub you can grab an 18mm socket and pound it on. And then remove the damaged lugnut that way. But without seeing it first hand I would be cautious.

A drill and patience.

Did this a couple of weeks ago a day before an autocross event. Lets just say its a $100 mistake I don't plan on making again.

This. As a machinist i know this is your best piece of advice.

How do you put a lug crissthread and not realize, must of been real hard to put on even with a crossbar!

Best advice is to actually instead of trying to get the nut off, try to get the stud to break. Best way to go that is to get a half inch impact gun and keep spinning it off until the stud breaks. Then you can take the rest of the lugs and wheel off and proceed with replacing the stud/nut (Both of which you have to do anyway)

Dang, good luck op and let us know what worked

Depends on how bad the threads are , if you got it cross threaded (which you most likely did) .. You won't be a me to do it yourself , go see a shop.

break the wheel, and get a new one..... nah, a drill and patience, and maybe some water, t prevent heating.

Just found this old ass thread research lug stud options after having a stock nut seize.

But I actually just had to deal with *this* issue not too long ago.

My advice for any future visitors: Dremel tool with carbide bit.

Mask the fuck out of the wheel with duct tape to avoid damage if the bit jumps and just try to cut the nut all the way down one side.

It helps to have a small chisel to flare the nut out for final removal as well.

This might be easier: Lug Nut Removal Set [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wilmar-M980-Emergency-Lug-Removal/dp/B000FTN3KK"]Amazon.com: Wilmar M980 Emergency Lug Nut Removal Set: Home Improvement[/ame] I got mine at Advance Autothough for about same price.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHlc30rrgrQ"]Removing stripped wheel nuts using a reverse threaded socket - YouTube[/ame]

I may not understand how that kit works but I don't think that would work if the stud is spinning.

Piece of advice, either order a bunch of wheel studs from Toyota/Subaru and get familiar with the washer method of tightening the new ones and hammering the old ones out, or get some aftermarket ones that allow you to take off your wheels frequently. It sucks when you strip one in the rear because the hub has to come off. The fronts are easy.

This is a common problem for people who work on their cars a lot. The stock wheel studs are crap.