Broken stuff(again)

[Krusty Krab]

Ok two of my front wheel lugs have busted off. Is there an easy way to fix these? Cause it looks like I have to pull the hub and brake andetc. Any advice is welcome! mark w

[krokarthecrooked]

Well no there isnt an easy fix you will have to pull the items you mentioned but if your busting studs then you might wanna look at how much your tightening them down and so on or who ever your having do your tire work. Also are they aluminum rims or steel makes a diff as far as how you tighten them just my 2 cents

Dan

[Krusty Krab]

Ya know I think the studs were just old. But you could be right about the tightness. I notice that the guys at schwab use a air gun then a torque wrench to get the right tightness. I use just an air gun and it is a new one that is stronger than my old one. I will have to watch that. I have aluminun rims. Anyhow its fixed. It wasn't as hard as I thought and Napa had the parts. I really had to crank on them with the air gun to get them seated as they wouldn't go in with just poundage. I did find out that I have 83 toy p/u hubs. Thanks for the reply.

[97kurt]

You might want to look into one of these. Basically you put it on your impact and it will prevent you from over torquing the lugs.

Professional torque sticks, sockets, multipliers and extention bars - 80 ft/lb (110 Nm) TORQUE STICK- EXTENSION BAR (Yellow)