I managed to shear 3 of the lug bolts all at once on the truck, they are all next to eachother (leaving only 2 next to eachother left). I determined it wasn't safe to drive on the highway to get it home.

There is a tire discounters about 1 block up from where the car is, and its about 50 miles from my house.

I have no idea what lug bolt repair actually entails. reading on line it looks like they have to take off the rear end and use a press to press out the lug bolts.

thats going to get expensive, so it would make more sense to just pay to tow it back to my house... IF i can find someone that can tow a longbed truck thats tall and wide.

Is that analysis accurate? is there anything I should know?

 

You can just pop the old ones out with a hammer and punch. Put the new ones in and buy a couple extra nuts and one larger nut and tighten them in until they are seated and your good to go. I'd probably replace all five.

 

On the rear, you'll have to remove the tire and brake drum...then do as z man suggests.

Since you have to do this with hand tools, I'd suggest spraying the splines where they press into the axle flange and the installation nuts with spray lube so nothing siezes or strips. I use regular nuts to pull the studs through the flange then toss those.
If you use a few flat washers to install the studs you won't use as much effort.

 

OK that was a lot easier than I expected... the only really tough thing to do was to find someone who had the lug bolts in stock! haha...

I was searching google and for some reason it looked like it was going to be much more challenging than that, but I should have known better.

Thanks for the help both of you, I'm back on the road in dramatic fashion!

 

Excellent.... And forget google. lol download one of the free manuals in the FAQ section and get yourself a Haynes.

 

Try your local autozone, napa or advanced auto they usaully have them in stock