Stripped wheels stud!
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Stripped wheels stud!
Crap, ok well somehow I stripped one of my wheels studs on my rear left wheel.
I heard you pretty much have to replace teh wheel bearing when doing the wheel stud......
I'm going to get this done, but I have a lapping day event this weekend. Am I ok to run with 4 wheel nuts for a while?
I actually have 5 on there, but the 5th won't tighten all the way....
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I heard you pretty much have to replace teh wheel bearing when doing the wheel stud......
I'm going to get this done, but I have a lapping day event this weekend. Am I ok to run with 4 wheel nuts for a while?
I actually have 5 on there, but the 5th won't tighten all the way....
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when this happened to me, i was recommended to limit my drives to short ones and avoid high speeds. if you have access to a shop, it shouldnt take long for them to press in a new stud. as for the wheel bearing, doesnt have to be changed out but is recommended while the hub is out.
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Originally Posted by IlleztImportz,Jul 23 2010, 10:52 AM
...as for the wheel bearing, doesnt have to be changed out but is recommended while the hub is out.
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Originally Posted by s2000maniac,Jul 23 2010, 10:59 AM
no worries... 4 lugs will do just fine....hell even 3 would be fine too....i mean about half of the cars out there have 4 lugs....just coz the car was designed to go on 5 lugs doesnt mean it wont run on 4 lugs.
get it fixed asap
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Originally Posted by s2000maniac,Jul 23 2010, 11:59 AM
no worries... 4 lugs will do just fine....hell even 3 would be fine too....i mean about half of the cars out there have 4 lugs....just coz the car was designed to go on 5 lugs doesnt mean it wont run on 4 lugs.
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Originally Posted by 2poor2mod,Jul 23 2010, 01:38 PM
Don't listen to this guy get it fixed asap
get it fixed asap
Its ok to drive easily on for a little while, like to a shop, but I would never take it to a track day with only 4 lugs. You are putting the max possible stress on the lugs doing this and they are far more likely to fail. Cars that have only 4 lugs have them evenly distributed, if you are missing a lug this is no longer the case. I wouldn't trust my life to only having 4, especially if you have as much power as you say. I don't think you can even pass tech missing a lug.
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Originally Posted by s2000maniac,Jul 23 2010, 10:59 AM
no worries... 4 lugs will do just fine....hell even 3 would be fine too....i mean about half of the cars out there have 4 lugs....just coz the car was designed to go on 5 lugs doesnt mean it wont run on 4 lugs.
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Originally Posted by goldenfri,Jul 23 2010, 02:02 PM
Its ok to drive easily on for a little while, like to a shop, but I would never take it to a track day with only 4 lugs. You are putting the max possible stress on the lugs doing this and they are far more likely to fail. Cars that have only 4 lugs have them evenly distributed, if you are missing a lug this is no longer the case. I wouldn't trust my life to only having 4, especially if you have as much power as you say. I don't think you can even pass tech missing a lug.
I've read that if you just need a single stud replaced, that the dealer can sometimes do it without taking the hub off (I'm not sure how they accomplish this, but I read it more than once when going through wheel stud threads recently)