Broken wheel stud and lug nut.

semtex · 04-13-2009, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bdanna

add me to the list of those 370Z's with the wrong wheel locks installed by the dealer. Read this thread, checked mine and unfortunately they are the tapered locks, the wrong ones. Fortunately, no harm no foul, I re-installed the stock lugs that they conveniently left me in the glove box. The locking lugs the dealer installed couldn't have been torqued to anything greater than 20#'s, they were just above finger tight. No idea what the dealership is/was thinking, are these guys clueless?

Thanks guys, for bringing this to light.

You know, this just scares me. I mean, some dealer tech puts on wheel lock and can't torque it down properly. Shouldn't that raise a red flag? Wouldn't the common sense next step be to remove the wheel lock and stick a regular lug nut on it? But noooo...what happens? The tech just leaves it on, barely tighter than finger-tight. Is negligence just a way of life for some people?

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