Lugnut disaster

base64 · 04-26-2012, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo187H

What wheel is it? Front or rear? If they have the tools available to them and it's a front you can actually fit a carbide bit through an opening in the heat shield and access the back of the hub. From there you can grind the back of it off and slide it out through the front or pop it out with a hammer and punch. It's slow and tedious but it beats the alternative of damaging a very expensive wheel.

Something like this:

Thanks! It was the rear and I'm not sure how they got it off I couldn't do it myself because I don't have many tools.

Neo187H · 04-26-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by base64

Thanks! It was the rear and I'm not sure how they got it off I couldn't do it myself because I don't have many tools.

Ah yeah that wouldn't be any help with the fronts but it sounds like the issue has been resolved anyways.

karotZ · 04-27-2012, 01:11 PM

This happened to me months ago when I had my spacers changed at Stillen. Driver side on the rear got stripped. It just took them 2 hours to fix it the same day. Huge thanks to their rep Dean Doan, their tech Aaron and of course, Mr. Millen for the immediate fix!

All they did was disassemble the entire left rear including rotor and brake kit, then they semi welded the stripped bolt onto a piece of metal and then started removing the lugnut. The only thing that got damaged in the process was my e-brake which was also fixed afterwards.

MattP725 · 04-27-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by karotZ

All they did was disassemble the entire left rear including rotor and brake kit, then they semi welded the stripped bolt onto a piece of metal and then started removing the lugnut. The only thing that got damaged in the process was my e-brake which was also fixed afterwards.

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karotZ Track Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: not found Posts: 723 Drives: on empty tank of gas Rep Power: 17	This happened to me months ago when I had my spacers changed at Stillen. Driver side on the rear got stripped. It just took them 2 hours to fix it the same day. Huge thanks to their rep Dean Doan, their tech Aaron and of course, Mr. Millen for the immediate fix! All they did was disassemble the entire left rear including rotor and brake kit, then they semi welded the stripped bolt onto a piece of metal and then started removing the lugnut. The only thing that got damaged in the process was my e-brake which was also fixed afterwards. __________________ VERTEX \| SUIVAX \| AMUSE \| SSR \| SPARCO \| STILLEN \| FAST INTENTIONS x HKS \| HANKOOK \| NARDI \| NRG \| EVO-R \| ROBISPEC \| SPC

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