What should I do when one of my Lug Nuts tore the bolt right out of the car???
Shouldnt they be able to handle alot of **** since they CARRY the weight of the car?!?!?!

 

knock it out with a punch and go to a parts house for a replacement, if it is gnarled, you should be able to start it through the hole and put 4 or 5 washers on it and tighten the lug nut on with a wrench to pull it through. do not use an impact. you will fudge the hole in th rotor up if it get crooked.

 

no, i mean the bolt tore in half, i broke so its now flush with the brake rotor

Now its making a really bad scraping noise when i drive, and its cumulatively getting worse :-(

 

Bump, seriously i need some help here

 

I wouldnt drive it anymore with it missing. You can try to punch it through from the outside in. but i would take it into the dealership and have them do it. That would be a warrenty issue and they cant say that your wheels caused it.

 

What if they try to blame it on me? I think its pretty pathetic that it broke and all i was using was a normal ratchet and my HAND. I hope they dont try to make me pay for it

 

And since theres no garages open, I have to drive it tomorrow anyway to get to work, Sundays are stupid

 

BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!! I had a lug break like that on my pickup and it tore up the rim... They might blame you but i would stand my ground honestly it isnt to much i think i paid like 60 bucks to have a new one put in.

 

How exactly did it tear up the rim?

 

Does anyone else have suggestions

 

dealership, try to not drive on it, baby it if you gotta

 

Your car will be ok with just 3 bolts for the moment. I can only guess without seeing it, but the scraping noise that is progressively getting louder would have to the bolt working itself loose from the hole and trying to fall out the hub side of the wheel. It can't, because it scrapes against the back side of the hub. Replacing, or even just removing it temporarily, means taking the wheel, brake, and rotor off to gain access. Not hard, but a little time consuming.

 

Yeah, the lugs just got loose, i tightedned the **** out of them as best i could with a handheld ratchet and its fine now, I'm taking it in for the front wheels to get the springs installed, tire rotation and an alignment, and i'll have them replace it, at least its not making that god awful noise anymore and i can sleep soundly

The bolts holding that strut in place were F***ing crazy, i couldnt even get them to budge with two people an air ratchet and a hammer

 

Yea, so i gave up on the front and did the back, the back has settled down to about .3-.4 inches of clearance, i love it

The car is so low now

 

**** it man call gm roadside and get them to bring it to the dealer...

 

I said i checked and the lugs just loosed the **** out and i just tightened them as tight as i could get the 3 and its gone now, i actually went around and tightened all the bolts again, but the 3 on that wheel were insanely loose, its a good thing i tried tightning them, they were almost completely off the bolts

 

it worked itself loose and worked the other loose and wollered out the hole in the rim

 

Just did the same thing to me, i jsut tightened them back on and all is well, looks like im going to have to keep a ratchet, the bit, and the lug key in my car until i can get it fixed monday