Loose Wheel Stud
 

First off; sorry if I may being asking something that has been asked, I searched for this in advance on here and google but hoping for maybe more ideas.

I recently removed my front wheels as I was detailing, they came off easily. But never went back on securely. Attempted to take them off and it became an absolute nightmare, one thing leading to another. Eventually came to find that some of the wheel studs were stripped so I went ahead and decided to replace all 10 studs and lugs for the front. I have been able to remove 8 of the 10 lugs, but the 2 remaining ones are sitting on a loose wheel stud on the driver side that I can not for the life of me remove.

I have tried to drill through the lug, no luck. Tried to grab the head of the stud with vice grips and pliers and remove the lug, no luck. I have pulled on the wheel trying to press the stud against the hub to remove the lugs, no luck, and so forth.

I have minimal tools currently, just your basics really with an impact. Any other ideas? Trying to avoid getting this taken to a shop, but running down to this currently it seems.

Thanks in advance.

Can you push the stud far enough through the hub to allow you to cut it off with an angle grinder?

Unfortunately not

So you got lug nuts on an installed wheel and they are just spinning? (spinning on stud)

Sounds like the stud itself is spinning.

I'd re-try grabbing the head of the stud with a pair of vice-grips. Usually a decent pair of vice-grips will be able to grab even something as thin as the stud head. If that doesn't work, you might try jamming a thin-bladed flat head screw driver between the stud head and the hub to stop the stud from spinning.

I have delt with this before. I drilled through the lug and stud. Have to start out small and work your way up. You need high quality carbide drill bits. You must drill slow and use oil to lube the bit. After you get a large bit size the next step is key. Jack the car up and lower it down on a 2x6 with something under the outside edge. Grab ahold of the 2x6 with the drill stud at 180 deg. Pull up on the board the kick the top of the tire. It should break the stud. It was one heck of a mess. Good luck, you are going to need it.

Update: Loose stud, ate it away with drill bit for about 10 minutes in total for both lugs. New studs, stainless steel lines (rubber line tore) and wheels back.

Thanks everyone for the responses.