Shearing is good for SHEEP, not WHEEL LUGS.

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I done did that before! The last time was on my brother's car on an aftermarket hub, while removing the lug nuts. I'm sure I overtorqued them a bit to begin with but I'm also sure they were crappy steel as I have overtorqued lug nuts before with no ill effects.

 

Heh. Mine started shearing at 75MPH down I49.

No, I did NOT lose the wheel! Thankfully.

However, the flatbed back ran me $315; I'm $50 into the stud replacement now.

Hint: A 3/4" nut serves as a perfect spacer to drive the studs in using a lug nut. Which won't be worth much of anything if you don't have the right size 6 point; the 12 point is beating the crap out of it. Oh, well; they're cheap enough.

(Nut and nut were less than the $33 for the tool at O'Reilly's. And yes, cheaper on Amazon and Ebay, but not in hand today ... )

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Have never had that experience and hope to never have too. Glad you did not get hurt!!

 

Yeah, having parts abandon your truck at freeway speeds has a rather high pucker factor......

 

Hee!

Even just looking at the result of the lugs working loose puckered enough it took me three nights to be regular again, instead of daily ...

Turns out you CAN swap studs on a 1st Gen with the brakes on the backing plate (pull the drum, natch!)

4 lb sledge was big enough to drive the old studs out.

A 3/4" nut was big enough to clear the shoulders; a "cheap" acorn nut without the bulge was enough to pull the studs in.

I've got some closed acorns ordered to replace my bad ones.

I also have two of the Jeep wheels back on for now. I need to pick up the two that have been powder coated, mount the back tires on THEM, and then get the other three powder coated.

Oh, well. Always something to do.

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