As the odd formula-esq titled suggests I am in a bit of an interesting situation. At NHMS yesterday, I went to put the slicks on. 3 slicks went on fine, and I was able to get 4 of the 5 lugs of the driver side wheel off. The final rotated counter clockwise about 1.5 turns and then stopped. It would not come out further or even go back in. I had the wheels off just 3 days before to do brakes and all lugs came off and when back on without problem. Using ARP extended studs with EVS extended lugs. When I gave another attempt to get the 5th and final lug off with the impact gun, there was a massive pop and the stud popped out of the hub with the lug still seized onto it. We attempted threading another stud into the front of the lug (lugs are open ended) and then attaching a slide hammer to try to pull the stud back into the hub. This worked partially about 3 times. We were able to get the lug out slightly further. But toward the end the stud would either immediately pop right back out, or would rotate within the hub. Before I attempt anything crazy involving a lot of heat and probably a sledge hammer I wanted to see if anyone had experienced something similar or had any thoughts on remedies I could try. The lug unfortunately is not far out enough where I could simply cut it off and free the wheel. The base of the lug is still somewhat recessed and would not entirely be removed with a cut. Thanks guys.

 

you can't cut the stud from the backside of the wheel? i would think since it used to have a hub between the end of the stud and the wheel that there should now be some play there that you can cut or grind the base of the stud off. or maybe i'm misunderstanding and the stud didn't pop all the way out of the hub? i read through this a couple times, but i'm not exactly sure how it looks right now.

 

Drill through the facing you part of the lug inwards increasing drill size.
Use a sharp chisel or center punch and split open the nut.

 

Would he be drilling through the stud as well?

I would try to find a way to hold the stud in place and try to impact the lug nut off

 

Now that you mention, I think at this point I may be able to slip a reciprocating saw blade and slice the lug off.

Noodels, I hadn't considered splitting the nut open. In the event I can't slip a blade onto the lug I will absolutely be going about splitting open the lug.

Slowcrash, ideally I would like to do this, however I'm not entirely sure how I could get the lug to keep from moving. Also before it popped out of the hub I had the impact on the nut and it wasn't budging at all.

Thanks for the multiple ideas fellas, this gives me a great starting point.

 

Yes meant parallel to stud only, and avoiding the stud, with the lesser metal it should crack open easily.
Done this on a hub nut with a manual hand drill, took F*** hrs !!!