Lug Nuts

[alexefron]

Attempting to change my lugnuts, after loosing 5 of em last week (see post in the whoops forum). All they had at the store were the locking sets. I got the 4 regular nuts on fine, but the locking one wont tighten all the way, or come back off. Any ideas? i dont think i could have misthreaded it

 

[Maniak]

It is possible that the locking lug nut has bottomed out. I've seen a few that are too short. If you keep turning when it is bottomed out it will be a bear to remove, and you could even strip the threads.

~Mark

 

[alexefron]

I dont think it could have bottomed out. Im having a shop put on 5 new studs on wednesday

 

[TheRookie]

well bottoming out or crossthreading are the main 2 possibilities. ANother is that you got the wrong thread pattern on the nut.

 

[alexefron]

im thinking it may have gotten crossthreaded, and this stud may have been messed up by the wheel falling off (although i did have another lug on there for a couple days after without issues). Either way ive got an appointment to get all 5 studs replaced tomorrow morning

 

[DeRocha]

I think I may know this one... when your try to take it off with the key is it hard or does the key rotate easily? I bought a POS set of lock nuts from Autozone a few months back.. They damn key broke and allowed the inner portion of the key to rotate freely... I had to weld the key back together and remove the locking lug... needless to say I returned them...

 

[alexefron]

Ended up being stripped where the studs mate with the rotor. The ring for the ABS was also cracked, so I had a new rotor put in for $150