an UNWANTED 5 to 4 lugs conversion!!

[96s14]

ok ...i got a s14...and i mistakenly broke 1 lug in one front and one rear wheel(2 lugs in total)... how to repair..or can I drive the car safely without fixing it?

[180fan]

yeah you can drive around with 4 lugs. you'll have to get the hubs off and get new studs pressed in. not too bad, i think the studs are couple bucks each, pressing though depends on how much your machinist charges for that. hmm, blue-purple s14... do you happen to have 3 racing hart c5k's and an apexi n1, bought pretty recently from a guy in the sunset district?

[96s14]

haha no i bought my car 2 years ago, from Fremont CA.

[180fan]

oh ok. ha ha ha cuz my buddy just recently sold his blue-purple s14 to some guy who goes to cal and since I saw uclink in the email I thought to myself that "this guy goes to cal" and I don't see too many s14's that color, which he got from the toyota sc's.

[rico05]

Go to NAPA and buy a new lug stud. Cost me $1.25 the other day. Take off caliper, rotor, etc and beat the old stud out with a hammer. Slide in the new stud and reinstall the wheel, using the lug nut to pull the stud back into position. No need to pull the hub and get the stud pressed in.

[Dano]

exactly wat rico05 said, i just replaced one the other day

-Dan

[rico05]

Took me about 15 minutes at MOST yesterday.

[Dano]

front and rear use different studs tho, remember that

-Dan

[Got_Nissan?]

Happened to my S14 (4 lug)

The stud didn't brake, but the thread was messed up.Me and my dad just got it out with a hammer(don't do that if it's still on the car, that's bad for the hub. But putting new hubs(5 lug) on soon so it's ok.)

Anyway's just put a new stud in and when the lug is screwed on it's is pulled into place.

Just make sure you tighten it from time to time for the first few months you're driving with it.