Thread: Need help- Lug stem is stripped

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Just start drilling the stud from the front---when you get up to 1/2 inch it will fall off as you get thru the nut---then drive out the remainder

this will work good to alot of the cheaper lug nut have thin caps on them step drill it out big has you can up 1/2 and use a big dirft puch and hit the head of the stud and see if you can drive it back if not keep drilling it till you can hit it thru punch the lug nut first buy some good drill bits i would used a carbide ball mill after drilling a pilot hole thru the lug nut 3/16 or so if a nice rim tape off so you cut down on clean up and you do not scratch up the rim from chips off the drill

I have used a carbide burr on a diegrinder to surgically remove them. If you can get at the back the welding trick is easiest. The hole in the hub will be wollered out now and a new stud the same size will just spin out and you will be at the same movie again so why not just weld the stud in anyway.

step 1- Read my post again. step 2- Read ..Jerry Clayton`s post.

you can hold the outside of the lug nut with a box wrench and if you bore a hole thru the stud and drive a ez out in the stud to turn the stud to back it off all you will do is busted the ez out if it is that tight then you will have a much bigger mess .i take bust EZ out from time to time were guys bust them off in blocks heads and cranks there are no fun to get out trust me on that one

Jerry and Pat-

After spending more time on it last night. My wife thinks I am 'NUTS" by the way.........She does not understand that it is "man against this freaking bolt/nut!!!" I must win!!!!!!!!

I did not read your posts till this morning, but last night I DID dremel tool off the end of my lug nut which opened up access to the bolt! Since the lugnut is cross thread on the bolt this allows me to put a closed end 3/4 wrench on the lug not now and my plan is to............................

Drill out the bolt using a Cobalt or Carbide drill bit from the front side! Plan to buy a 7/16 and drill a pilot whole and see how it goes. If that is too small then I will use the 1/2 inch to finish the job. I want to make sure I only drill into the bolt (inside the lug nut) enough to allow the lug not to come or twist off, before drilling into the hub hole where the stud fits. Should not be hard since there is about a 3mm gab between the lugnut end and the surface of the wheel. Then just pull it thru the backside.

Stany tuned! I am going to frame this damn thing and hang it on the wall when it comes out!

...if he breaks the E-Z-Out, We get a "good read" to share w/ our buddies. (just kidding)

I WON!

Went home over lunch, Cobalt 7/16 drill bit to the stud for about 2 minutes and "pop" came the lug! Never touched the wheel or area that the stud needs to go back in to.

Thanks for all the help!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love a happy ending.

Mike

Make sure you check the hub...... cuz if the old one turned in the hub most likely the new one will too...

MM64

Ya, I am going to get a regular sized one then get an oversized one too. I know speedway has oversized wheel lugs. May have to have one lug a little larger than the rest.
Also could spot weld the new one in and be careful with it in future.

Originally Posted by bucs012

Ya, I am going to get a regular sized one then get an oversized one too. I know speedway has oversized wheel lugs. May have to have one lug a little larger than the rest.
Also could spot weld the new one in and be careful with it in future.

wheel studs come in many sizes at one time dorman made them .just go to a good parts store and they should match up some thing. race stuff we just tap them out for 1/2- 20 and used a grade 8 cap screw for a stud and thread them in . allen heads work good .on the rear would tap them out for 5/8 drive studs

Glad it worked out for you

i bet you feel much better now you got you lug nuts off........ that rim .sorry just could not help myself .

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

you can hold the outside of the lug nut with a box wrench and if you bore a hole thru the stud and drive a ez out in the stud to turn the stud to back it off all you will do is busted the ez out if it is that tight then you will have a much bigger mess .i take bust EZ out from time to time were guys bust them off in blocks heads and cranks there are no fun to get out trust me on that one

I virtually never use easy outs any more, they have caused way more problems than they ever solved. And especially those lefty twist in ones, if you own a set throw them away now before they hurt you. If a left hand drill bit won't bring it out those won't either.

Originally Posted by willowbilly3

I virtually never use easy outs any more, they have caused way more problems than they ever solved. And especially those lefty twist in ones, if you own a set throw them away now before they hurt you. If a left hand drill bit won't bring it out those won't either.

I did not tell you guys this but.......I did try my "easy out." I drilled it into the backside of the stud. Then had my wife use the tire iron to turn the lug on the other side... Snapped the damn easy out in half! Then, later when I was messing around feeling back behind the hub, I cut my finger on the damn thing where it broke off. I got the Dremel Tool out and ground down the easy out, level with the rest of the backside of the stud.

I was at war with this thing, I tell you!