JESUS FiSH

Hopefully no one tells me that I could die, But I have a striped stud on the back passenger side of my car. How dangerous is it to drive around with just the three lugs and how hard is it going to be to get fixed. I hate fixing stupid things like this!!! Stupid people with air wrenches is a bad combination. I was told on some cars you can just line up the hub just right and punch it out. Can i do that?

Thanks Jeff

spracingsports

on a lightweight civic 3 lugs should be fine..... but i still reccomend fixing it asap

Gunmetalef

i don't know how different your car is than an ef.. but i'm sure its pretty similar

You must take all the brake components off so you can get to the wheel studs. This is done by removing the wheel, brake caliper and bracket, and the rotor. I had to dremel off the rest of the broken wheel stud and punch it through the back of the hub but that is no problem. Next I found the best spot which is where the least tin is on the dust shield and about a 1x1 square out of that spot that would allow the wheel stud to enter.


I then took out a new wheel stud and stuck it in the hole to see about how much I would need to cut off. It was basically a 45* angle a little more than half way on one side of the stud.

To do this I used a Dremel with Gyros Super High Tensile (ST) Cutting Disc. The stud is made of very hard metal so it takes some time to cut it but its not too bad.

Now with the stud cut I placed it in the hole to line it up as best I could. You should be able to push it through with your bare hands.



I then put the rotor back on and took a lug nut and put it on so I could tighten it and the wheel stud would fit into it's correct spot.



I now have a perfect wheel stud in and it all took less than 15 minutes to do.



done by fourthgenhatch


its not that hard so you should have no problem doing this and it will much safer