Lug nut help

[S14Lee]

Ok this may be a stupid question one of my wheel studs is striped by the body shop when the was taking off my wheels so I only have three lug nuts holding on the rear wheels will that be ok for daily driving for now I was planning to do the 5 lug conversion here at the end of november because I need to go pick up some se wheels. I just don't see the point of wasting money to buy a new stud if im going to be doing the conversion. So do you think I'll be ok and the wheel not falling off. Thanks and any help will be great

[doitsidewayz]

a stud is only like $1.50?? and takes no more than 10 min to replace....
if thats to much for you than....
and no ur wheel will not fall

[Mitsubayati]

Seriously dude. Don't be stupid. Here's what you do:

1) Jack car up
2) remove wheel
3) remove rear caliper (2 10mm bolts iirc)
4) remove caliper bracket (2 17mm bolts iirc)
5) remove rotor
6) remove remnants of stud by banging it out with a hammer
7) put new stud in it's place (which only cost you $1.50
8) get a punch and bang it in from the back enough to seat it as far as you can
9) gun it on with a washer in between the surface and the nut and done deal

Or you can do what I did and skip steps 3-5. There's enough room.

[doitsidewayz]

I didn't want to be that mean to the kid...lol
But that's all you need to do buddy

[S14Lee]

I know it's only like 1.50 for a stud I just don't want to mess with the labor if doing it because I'm doing the five lug conversion so I just figure will it be ok to just ride on three lugs for now for daily driving

[future]

I've been running in three lugs for months lol. Stupid tire shop lost one of my lugs -__-

[S14Lee]

Ok thanks I just don't want my one rear wheel falling off on my in the mean time

[doitsidewayz]

Dude it's only like 10 minutes of your time...cut the porn off for one day and fix it...
Well that's just me...I hate hagered as cars. Lol

[S14Lee]

I know it don't take long to put it in I just don't have the time and the tools to mess with it right now so I'll figure if I'm doing the five lug conversion if I can just hold off for a month and ride on just three lugs for the mean time and it won't cause any problems. That's all I'm asking I know how much it cost for a new stud and how long it takes to install it. So if I don't have the time and tools that means I have to pay someone and that's like min of 45 dollars for 10-15mins of labor.

[om3ga]

A Hammer and a stud would work. Use the new stud to hammer out the old stud. Slide the new one in through the back and use a lug nut to draw the splines together. Torque it to spec 85 ft lbs and check it every few days for a week or two.

[thinkingandage]

A Hammer and a stud would work. Use the new stud to hammer out the old stud. Slide the new one in through the back and use a lug nut to draw the splines together. Torque it to spec 85 ft lbs and check it every few days for a week or two.

yup, it's important to check it regularly.