Broken wheel stud question

Broke a wheel stud tonight trying to take the wheel off. I’m an idiot, because I felt like it was gonna happen and kept going anyway.

Is this an easy repair for any tire shop, what can I expect to spend, and can I drive 60 MPH on a short trip to run an errand tomorrow if I can’t get it done first thing in the morning? Lug nuts were all torqued back to spec.

 

Easy job.

I have a 5 lug I drive at 60 regularly.

 

Bill, that’s the laugh I needed!

 

Stud should be under $5 at any parts house. Which wheel is the offender?

 

Front right. This isn’t one I’m gonna do myself, not in the mood and really don’t have the time. Busy weekend ahead.

 

Not really a way you could have prevented it from snapping off. The damage is done once its torqued, not on removal, and if its tight enough to snap off the stud is damaged anyway and needs replacing. You can drive around on 5 lugs. Replacing is a easy job, why pay a tire shop to do it? It was probably a tire shop "tech" that over torqued the lug in the first place.

 

You can do a quick and dirty if yo can get the stud off. Knock it out then take an impact and a lug nut and torque that sucker back on. It will pull the stud through. Just be mindful of how much torque. Had a shop do a quick and dirty repair and was in and out in 30 minutes for 4 sheared studs.

 

I think the last time these tires were off I was the “tech”….and I torqued to spec. But they’ve been touched by someone else a couple times for rotations and a suspension repair within the last few months so maybe someone overtorqued and weakened it.

I’d really like to get this fixed before next week and just don’t have time to work on it myself. It’s informative to watch some videos though. Doesn’t the brake assembly have to come off?

Good to know it can be such a quick job. Now I can relax and just hit the tire shop first thing.

 

just 2 bolts on the back of the caliper and its off, takes like 20 seconds on and off. Is easy. This is like 10 minute job

 

Well at least now I know for next time.

The parts store is further away than the tire shop

 

I’m pretty sure the one time I let someone balance they overtorqued them. I had done work on all corners but the front passenger and it sheared 4 studs. I’d bet the last shop impacted those suckers

 

If torque to yield works on cylinder heads, why not wheel studs?

 

Not going to repeat what the others said. But I did use a paint marker on one set hubs and wrote "Impact= $100 fine". Had one tire guy about to run them on with an impact before he saw the writing and grabbed a speed handle and torque wrench. Guess he didn't want to chance losing that argument.

 

Since the use of torque sticks has become more commonplace, torque has become less of a problem.

It's more likely the nut was cross threaded because of not being started by hand. That's why you could "feel it" when removing the lug.

Make sure the lug nut is not damaged before they try to reuse it on the new stud.

 

Shop is replacing the stud this morning, they say the lug nuts are specialized to the wheel and they do not have a replacement that will fit. I find that a little hard to believe.

 

OE wheels?

Do the lugs have flat bottoms/seat or tapered seats?

The thread size is common, and as long as you get the right seat style an open ended lug will work, assuming you have to get something from Toyota to replace your bad one.

 

No the wheels are Method NV305, the lug nuts look like this:

 

Well........ you're still safe on 5 lugs until you can get a replacement.

As long as you are not hooning in 4wd off road somewhere.

 

No, but the realization that I’m probably going to have to buy a whole new set of lugs is settling in…

 

Resolved?