kingfish

What is the next step after one strips a wheel stud loose in the hub but still can't get the lug nut off or the stud out? Is the hub toast?

froggy47

Of course not, you may need to remove the hub to get it off or not. What year is the car?

rustyguns

YEAH ! BUT 4 STUDS IS ALL YOU REALLY NEED NOT! LOL

rustyguns

HAVE TO REMOVE HUB!

RedLS1GTO

Replace center cap. Post for sale ad.

RedLS1GTO

Not sure what wheels you have on the car but is there room to get a Dremel tool in there to cut it off?

kingfish

it's an '09 with z51
dremel cutting disk diameter is slightly too small to reach .
I need some way to get the wheel off since the free spinning stud will not let go of the cross threaded lug nut.

kingfish

wheels are stock gray 5 spokes

CHJ In Virginia

About all you can do is remove the hub unless you are willing to trash the wheel. Remove hub and then grind the head of the stud off and drive out with a drift punch. Then carefully examine hub to determind if the knurls inside the hole are stripped, or if the stud was what stripped. Good Luck.

CGZO6

Might be easier to disconnect the sway bar, brake line, ABS sensor wire and then remove upper and lower A arms (at frame/cradle), spindle, hub, rotor, caliper and wheel as an assembly.

I forgot about the steering linkage, gonna have to disconnect the tie rod as well (might be a bit*h with the wheel on).

froggy47

Take another lug nut and run it on up against the stuck one. This slave lug nut will be sitting on good threads (I assume).

Tack weld the nuts together.

Remove the nuts together.

Post back if this works, in theory I think it should.

yakisoba

Think your best bet will be to grind off the head of the bad stud and punch it out as above, if there's no way to grab onto the nose of the stud (and there will not be if it's stock). Tough problem. Taking the tie rod end off and the sway bar should let the spindle swivel freely, which can buy you some more room. Just hard to get to the tie rod end.

mgarfias

I'd probably take my plasma cutter and gouge the **** out of the stud/lug nut and pray i don't hurt the wheel. Work center out, and then use a chisel to finish the job

froggy47

That's brave but the temps on the hub might change the metallurgy (not in a good way)

kingfish

this is not sounding good

mgarfias

Nah, the heat is localized. And would remain in the stud/lug nut. I wouldn't weld/cut on the flange that way but wouldn't worry about cutting the stud apart like that.

ZedO6

Center punch the affected stud, and start drilling out the stud about 1/2" below the point where the lug nut is stuck.

Start with a small drill bit (1/4") and go progressively larger until you have cored out he stud to the point that it has about 1/8" remaining. Good sharp drills are a must. Once the stud is drilled out, take your 19 mm deep socket on a long extension and start rocking the socket/extension as far as it will go in opposite directions. Won't take much to snap it. This is far less work than removing the spindle and will not damage the wheel...Good luck

Hi Volts Z06

Before you get crazy with all these ideas (and there're several good ones) try removing all the other lug nuts and the have a friends pull back on the wheel while you try backing off the stripped lug nut. You might just be able to engage a good thread with the pressure of the wheel pressing againt the lug nut. Good luck.

ZedO6

Absolutely! Do this first....

miss peel

The above method is the way I was able to remove my striped stud. I had to use a high tork impack with a commercial air compressor. My compressor at home would not do the trick. Took to a friend's work shop.