Recently I've taken the wheels off my car a little to often I guess and managed to break a stud where the lug screws on. Is it ok to drive around on only four studs for a while. Welcome to any opinions/experience people have.

 

i jj=ust did that same ****!

 

I did that to mine as well, but by nut broke off on the stud from over tightening. I drove around for about a month or so with probs, finally went to Napa and bought a new stud and drilled the old one out. All I did was pound the new into place from the other side, put wheel on and tightened to 85lbs. Simple.

 

It should not hurt anything to drive around on only 4 lugs for a while. I would take it easy on the crazy driving though. I mean, the last thing you want is for a wheel to come off while you are driving and ruin all that and an axle and whatever else.

It is easy to change out the lug studs.
I would not recommend buying one from the dealer.....they want way too much for them. Imagine that. Just go to Napa or somewhere like that.

Once you get the wheel off, just turn the rotor to where the stud that you want to replace is lined up with the hole in the rotor shield. Then, just hammer it out, and put the new one back in.

I didn't hammer the new one into place, but rather just put the wheels back on and tightened up all the lugs. This will cause the stud to fall into the little grooves. Anyway, I took the wheel back off to check and make sure the stud was in there all the way....you ought to do the same just to make sure.

Then, you are good to go.


**NOTE: you might as well buy some anti-seize spray while you are getting the studs and lugs. That way, you have less chance of them breaking off again. Spray them all down.