My passenger rear wheel stud broke ....my dad is really pissed b/c he has never broken one and is really beggining to think this car is a peice of ****....gotta love gm

 

yeah i went to go get mine fixed at pep boys and they said it was so new that they cant tget the stud in so i have to go to the dealership

 

How did it break?

 

How did the stud break? Just in the process of putting a wheel on?

 

it was more of a learning experience for me

 

i was rotating my tires and when i went to remove the lug nut it was already half way sheared and then i broke it the rest of the way

 

It sounds like someone put the lug in too tightly. The wheel studs arn't that strong from what i've heard.

 

they don't really need to be. all they do is hold the wheel to the hub, and there is five of them.

back on topic.

most of the time, they break when people install the lug nuts with an impact wrench. to say that an entire car is a piece of **** because of it is crazy.

 

I had 2 of them break on the drivers side front.

 

prior to this when was the last time you had the wheels off the car and who had them off? if it ws the stealership i would take it to them and tell them and make them fix it because they obviously cross threaded the lug nut.

 

dont worry, replacing a wheel stud is fairly easy anyways... and you'll be allright w/ 4 for a while.

 

he has on 06 LS he only has 4 lugs to begin with!!! but 3 will be OK temporarily but i wouldn't let it go too long

 

ya, 3 will be fine....i just assumed he had an SS

 

yea....im gettin a new one soon....the last place to have it was a place balance the tires

 

when i was helping hackabuse put his lowering springs on. he snapped one on the front passenger side. i was on the other side of the car when it happened. all i heard was "SNAP" then hack "ah WTF!!!!"

 

take it back to them and bitch! tell them what happened and they SHOULD own up to it and replace it for free. when i worked for sears auto center we used to replace them for free if we were the last ones to touch them.

 

i would but it has been awhile and it wouldnt sound very credible....it has been 5 months easily....and btw this isnt the first problem with my car....it has also had the rotors replaced twice from warping within 3000 miles of changing, the air conditioner stopped working, the front bumper doesnt line up with the fenders and headlights, and chevrolet forgot to put the oil cap back on after an oil change....

 

well your rotors probably has something to do with your lugnut issue....
the fender issue is a TSB that came out a long while ago that chev can/will fix for ya....
and the oilcap?

well thats definately worth walking up to the oilchange monkey and bitchslapping him with a baby powdered backhand.

have you considered a different dealership? lol

 

It doesn't matter how long it has been. If they were the last ones to touch it then they are responsible. Go make them fix it.

 

Ive seen a bunch of cobaltswith this problem, including mine. And the gap under my headlights could probably suck up a small bird.

 

Yep , I would definately be in there .....with the broken stud and the lug attached to the portion that broke off . If the lug was spun on with a impact , you'd never know if it lightly cross threaded as it would just muscle it right on . Once you try to force a lug off like on any stock type wheel stud , it breaks easily .

 

i have decided to just not bother with the tire shop....im just goin to get a new stud and my dad will put it on....will chevy fix the bumper for free??

 

I've had this cross threading problem with so many service shops I don't allow them to touch mire wheels any longer. I will take them off and take the wheels to a shop to have the tires installed, repaired or balanced. I've even had someone bend one of my rear control arms with a lift.
I remove and reinstall all of my own wheels and torque the lugs with a torque wrench.....especially needed on the 18" Katanas on my GA. They are 5x114.3 on a lug pattern of 5x115.

 

Get used to it, it happens to me quite a bit of times

 

Damn....I've taken my wheels off to put on the aftermarket wheels. Took them off again to change the rear springs. Took them off to change the centercaps. Haven't broken a stud....I use a torque wrench each time to install -- start with 60 ft lbs then 80 ft lbs and finally 100 ft lbs. What are you using????