On one of my wheels, a stud thread has broken off, so the wheel is held on by only 4 nuts. I dont think there is a safety problem with this, but I think it's possible to warp a rotor like this..I've been driving like this for 10 months now, and I'm feeling a lot of rotor warp lately, which could be due to having only 4 nuts

Any words?

 

Wow..10 months? Driving on 4 lug nuts wouldn't be a big deal for couple weeks, but for 10 months??

 

i remember some time back, one of my studs were messed up and i had to ride a doughnut with 4 studs and then stock wheels...never had a problem, only did it for like a good 2-3 months....it COULD be straigning the rotor but this is a first for me....

 

LOL. yeah, 10 months.

 

I rode like that for 2 weeks, but 10 months!!!

Please fix this ASAP!!! It might be causing you more money by the day

 

Is that how long it took you to actually fix it??


considering it took you 3 days to clean your TB.

 

I have had one rear stud broken for 12 months No problems Yet

 

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to keep my car in a state where, if the whim takes me, I can throw the car aound hard and not have to think that something might break, especially the wheels Fix that Lug!

DW

 

Heheheh!!! What did you do, take off your TB vompletely and got a new gasket when you put it back? Good job!!!!

 

i goin on bout 3 months with one of my wheels only havin 4 lugs on it. one of my lugs is stripped and i cant just buy one and cant afford a whole set

 

You don't have to buy a whole set. I had one stud broken on my max and it only costed me like 10 dlls to fit it, I bought the stud and the screw and had a friend help me out to do the install.

 

if?...I wish my "whim" would only kick in when it wanted to. I swear, mine is always there.

 

that's what I did. But only took me 2 hours. Throughly cleaned the TB, sprayed inside the intake mainfold, and a new gasket, all at the time when emax first discovered this do-it-yourself maintenance job.

 

The last time I got new tires/wheels, the installer noticed one of the old studs had been cross-threaded and stripped. This must have happened when a local Nissan dealer rotated the tires during a 30,000 mile maintenance cycle three weeks before. (The mechanic just put the center cover back on and never said a word. Thanks a lot!) The old stud was removed and replaced in less than 4 minutes. The job goes fast with air tools.

Yes, I could have swapped the old tires/wheels out for the new ones myself, but I was having an alignment performed to add some negative camber for improved cornering...

 

i had the stud replaced back in december its one of my lugs that is stripped cuz i got the sh*tty gorrila tuner style lugs and you cant buy just one or even a set of 4 or 5 so i gotta save money and get a new set

 

uh...it's fine...but still...fix that sucker!