Spinning Stud.... Cant take tire off!

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180crafter
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Ok this is were we are at:

I have the front of my car in the air as I'm doing an engine swap. B/c of a mis communication, I still havent received the engine mounts, so I decided to just put my new Tiens on the front for now. Soooo.....

The drivers side goes in fine, Tiens look awesome. Then I try to take the passenger lugs off, and one of them feels funny as I try to turn it. I turn and turn, but its not coming off. Turns out the stud is just spinning, and the nut will not come off! Fuk!

Does anyone know what to do in this situation? I cant just take it to a tire place one I have thhe engine in b/c the upper mount broke and the spring is pushing up against the wheel well. I need to take that tire off.

Sorry about the long message, just didnt want to be vague. And thanks in advance for your suggestions/help.


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hack the lug bolt off, and buy a new one, they're less than two dollars or so..and buy a new lugnut....simple job once you get them off~

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Uh, how to do that? Can't get to the bolt.

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i guess the easy way to cut it of would be from behind if you can get back there..sorry didn't think of that~

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Man your fuked

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As a last resort, you could have it towed to your tire place and have them fix it and then tow it back, but thats costly. other than that I think your ****ed

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This is VERY easy to do. Take the center cap off the wheel, then unbolt the hub from the spindle, removing it entirely. You'll need to pull the caliper off from behind, but after that the hub, rotor, and wheel are now off the car in one piece. Now cut the stud off from behind. THINK.

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This happened to me once with my old camaro. After you get the wheel off and the bolt cut, you will have to take it somewhere and get the new stud pressed into the hub. Oh and you can use a dremel or a similar grinder to get the stud cut off.

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I had this happin numerous times with different cars I tried a lot of things but the easiest way is to either get some vice grips or a hammer and strong flat head and hammer the s*** out of it till it breaks off. when you get the wheel off get something to hammer the rest of the old one out and hammer in a new one not expensive but still difficult.


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