BIG PROBLEM!! PLEASE HELP!! Options

[nate95]

well today i was taking off my rims so that i could install my new springs. and on the front left rim i got all the nuts off except 1, and that one nutt twisted in half!!!! so how in the world iam i suppose to get that nut off now?? anybody know? would a shop be able to get it off? the part thats still on the rim has no pattern on it for a socket to grab hold of..

[1994toyotaracer]

well today i was taking off my rims so that i could install my new springs. and on the front left rim i got all the nuts off except 1, and that one nutt twisted in half!!!! so how in the world iam i suppose to get that nut off now?? anybody know? would a shop be able to get it off? the part thats still on the rim has no pattern on it for a socket to grab hold of..

a dealership should have a lug nut extractor tool to get it out or you could purchase one from snap on or something.

[illneversellmyce...]

yes bolt extractor rule and their worth their weight in gold get one, i had to use one to get my stock bumber off when i put my kit on

[nate95]

i does it work though? the part that is stuck in there doesn't have anything to grip with.. its perfectly round.. if i went to a wheel and tire shop would they be able to get it off for me??
the part that is stuck is also deep inside the rim

This post has been edited by nate95: Jan 26, 2007 - 2:53 PM

[maurer11sdk]

if you dont want to buy a tool like that there is a set that you can get at advance auto or a place like that were its like a 6 star almost like an allen key only big!! if you want most of the time this works i know a few people that had that problem. what they did was put the one that is closest to fitting but it has to be a little bigger!! you HAMMER it in to the lugnut as much as you can it will forge a grip point in which the tool will be able to grip into the metal. well just turn the tool and it should come off!! Make sure you hammer it in there pretty good though

[nate95]

wouldn't hammering it cause it to smash the threads in??

also what is a bolt extractor?? is that to take out the actualy bolt? or the nut that is stuck on there?

[maurer11sdk]

if its stripped than what threads are you talking about? the threads on the tool im talkin about?

is it an inward lugnut or like an outward one?

[nate95]

its an inward one,, and the threads are not stripped!!! the nut is literealy in 2 pieces, it twited in half, leaving the round base in side the rim.

[1994toyotaracer]

wouldn't hammering it cause it to smash the threads in??

also what is a bolt extractor?? is that to take out the actualy bolt? or the nut that is stuck on there?

it looks like this they come in different sizes (there is a inside view on the link)




http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/HDUS/E...721016126_3.jpg

[soven]

The wheel stud can be easily replaced so dont worry too much about it. Not too sure how you can get the remaining nut out though...

This is what happened to mine :
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3074/picture0311gp.jpg

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Just hammer the bolt out using a screwdriver/chizzle. You might have to hammer a knotch in it first for something to work with. It takes awhile, but there is really no other way of going about it, unless you want to drill it out. If you drill it, you'll have to tap a new hole.

[lilgreenyoda]

Were you the last one to put those lugs on? If it was someone else they may have used loctite. It sounds retarded but it happened to my buddy on his accord. He wound up having to take it to a shop where they cut the lug bolt clean off, and then had to install a new lug bolt. It would suck if it had to go that far. This sounds wierd but I hope, in this case, that it was just a ****ty nut.

[BacerTune]

You all make it to difficult!! Just welding a nut on top of it is the easy way. Same thing if you last your key for the nut locks on your wheels. All garage do it like this.

[nate95]

ya but u cant weld anything to it,, its to far inside the wheel to be able to do anything with it.

[Rayme]

I think some people are not understanding you here...

The bolt has broken inside his rim, your rim cannot come out right? Because all the thread are munched up. That last bolt is holding the rims to the hub.

The only way now is to drill it out, be careful not damaging the rim, if you damage the stud, you can still roll on 4 studs until you can get it fixed.

I would suggest getting new bolts too...you dont want that to happen again. A guy changing tire here told me he seen those types of bolt break often..the metal is so thin on the outside, just a little overtorquing is enough to break them.

This post has been edited by Rayme: Jan 28, 2007 - 11:00 AM

[uberschall]

can you take a picture?

i think we need to see what we're working with here, and maybe we can help more.

[nate95]

heres the picture of the bolts and the broken one, the other end is still stuck in the rim.

[bindertch]

Pretty much I would take it to a shop. They will have the tools to get the leftover nut and the stud out. Also I would get new lug nuts because those are pretty bad about breaking and they aren't as safe as claimed. Just get a regular set with a locking nut.