Bent Wheels Studs?

Hi all, I recently got some new alloy wheels for my 05 Tacoma and went to go torque them down after driving on them for a few hours. I haven’t gotten a torque wrench yet so I wasn’t able to properly do it. Instead, I put an adapter that came with my new lug nuts on the end of my OEM lug wrench. It had a bit of play to it so when I went to torque them down it made it so that pressure was being applied downward or toward me on the wheel studs, and quite hard. I can’t really tell if after I did this the wheel studs are bent or not, but I’m kind of worried that I did bend them. How easy is it to bend wheel studs on these trucks? Would it have been possible?

 

I doubt you bent them . They are your wheels and very important so you should take it to Walmart or somewhere and have them check them out and torque . Probably $20 to safe not sorry .

Hi welcome and good luck .

 

Got any pics?

 

you'd of probably snapped one off before bending them

 

More than likely you didn’t bent a stud.
The chances of marring up a lug nut are more likely.

The farther away you get form the lug nut to the wrench, the more likely this is to happen.
The OEM lug wrench fits way back off the nut to begin with, adding the socket didn’t help you any.
I personally carry a dedicated 1/2” breaker bar and correct socket in my truck.
I never had like using the OEM Wrench, you really need to be careful and support the “head” while using it.

 

Without a torque wrench, people tend to overtorque lug nuts. Have seen a a few snapped studs in that manner. More likely you just marred up the threads

 

I've popped a wheel stud before by over tightening. It just pretty much fails axially, or in a straight pull. The lug nuts are supported enough that the studs don't really flex sideways.

 

should never take extreme effort to install correctly

can lead to afuture failure

beam torque wrenches tho not fancy are cheap

 

FWIW, I’ll try to explain what OP is saying.

Imagine using a long extension and NOT supporting the head of the ratchet.
That’s what OP did, I doubt he did anything to the studs.

 

That is why I keep this in my truck. I can use two hands to tighten or loosen without side loading.

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I have a torque wrench being delivered on Monday, so after this weekend I should not have to worry