Can you drive a car with a broken wheel bolt?
Can you drive a car with a broken wheel bolt?
”It is not safe to drive with a broken wheel stud because once a stud breaks, it puts additional pressure on the remaining wheel studs, causing them to eventually break as well. It is dangerous to drive with a broken wheel stud because the wheel will start to wobble and could fall off and possibly cause an accident.”
How do you replace a broken lug nut stud?
Use your fingers to pull the broken bolt from the rear of the hub flange. The replacement bolt was a stock part from a local auto parts supplier. To install the new bolt into the bolt hole, the wheel must be turned to align the hole with a slot on the rear of the hub flange, which provides the clearance to thread it through.
How to replace a broken lug bolt on a Moto?
Take a chance, learn something new and keep some of your hard earned cash in your own wallet! Remember to always be safe and “don’t do dumb stuff”! It’s like my moto. My kids will probably have that engraved on my tombstone. Be awesome and DIY! Be sure to subscribe and share my channel with others who might watch too.
Why did my lug nut break on my car?
The EHT staff recently broke a lug bolt during a routine tire-rotation job. We suspect the nut and bolt had been cross-threaded by a careless mechanic, because the bolt easily twisted in half when using a lug wrench without exerting any extra torque.
Can a large nut be threaded onto a lug nut?
The large nut is not intended to thread onto the bolt. There should be no positive connection between the bolt and large nut; it should slide loosely over the bolt like a washer to function as a spacer. Next, thread the new lug nut over the end of the new bolt, sandwiching the big nut between it and the hub flange.
Take a chance, learn something new and keep some of your hard earned cash in your own wallet! Remember to always be safe and “don’t do dumb stuff”! It’s like my moto. My kids will probably have that engraved on my tombstone. Be awesome and DIY! Be sure to subscribe and share my channel with others who might watch too.
What causes a lug nut to shear off?
A cheap tire shop cross threaded the lug nut when putting my tires back on. A cross threaded or seized on lug nut can cause it to shear off when attempting to remove the lug nut. Using a large hammer I was able to pound the old lug bolt (stud) out of the axle and remove it completely with having to take too much of the axle apart.
How big are the tires on a 2002 Mustang?
Ford Mustang 2002 4.6i GT Tire Rim 225/55R16 94H 7.5Jx16 ET30 OE 245/45ZR17 8Jx17 ET30 OE 245/45ZR17 9Jx17 ET26
