Det cord and a spoon.

 

As said drive around with loose lug nuts until she pops. And never-seize the rim and axle so it doesnt happen again

 

thats dumb and dangious. The lugs could snap or sheer off when the wheel brakes loose. Thats a red neck way of doing things. Never put never size on lugs. Just the backs of the rim if you need to do so.

 

I agree with that. Very dangerous.

There's nothing wrong with using Anti-Seize on lugnuts. And yes, people in damp/snow climates can benefit from applying a light coating around the hub and back of the rim.

 

+1, I use A-S on almost everything.

 

im not saying go 90 down the highway im saying 20km down your street the liklyness of breaking a stud is minimal never seen one break in all my years

 

Lol, you know nothing. You're supposed to torque wheels to a lesser value to account for lubricated threads if never-seize is used; it prevents the OP's issue and has no ill effect whatsoever. I slather it on damn near every bolt I take off my truck.

As for the lugs, obviously don't go stupid on loosening them. You'd be hard pressed to get off severely rusted wheels another way

 

Never heard that. IIRC, using a lubricant causes a 12% error in torque reading, so it's always wise to go a bit extra when torquing a fastener in that case, not less.

 

Think about it, you're lubricating the threads and seating surface of the lug, reducing the coefficient of friction as you're tightening it down. The lug will be tighter than the unlubricated equivalent at any given torque rating. Thus, you reduce the torque setting when using anti-seize on lug nuts from factory (dry) spec.

 

i had a drivers side rear tire on my 1500 years ago that did this, i put 3 lugs on the wheel and tightened them down then backed them off 1/2 turn. i drove the truck at 15mph into a hard right turn and slammed the breaks a few times as well as driving over some curbs, on the 3rd time the rim broke from the rotor and snapped one of the lug studs off. a 5.00 part and a 1 min replacement job on that was well worth the ease of removal.