hey all
just broke my front passenger sides wheel log while tightening it too hard .. now i found this
and here i got two different proices for hub assembly #5 for 30$ another one #25 for 165$ whats the diffenece ! and could i even just change the bolt or do i have to remove the whole hub assembly ??!?!
and specialy with the problem with the 97 3.0 's and the front design of the rotors could i even do it myself or should i take it in ??
tanx

by the way how unsafe is it to drive one bolt short ?????

 

prolly not all that smart...
So therefore... I would not. unless u wanna ride on 3 wheels on the freeway... thats what happened to my friend...

 

you broke your wheel on a log ? man that bites.














i think you can replace the lugs individually and if not you can pick up a hub WAYYYY cheaper than the prices on that website. good luck
OH and do NOT drive it with three lugs..you will be sorry if you do.

 

3 lugs would not be good

 

do you mena the wheel lug (the thing thst screws onto the threads to hold the wheel on) or the wheel stud(the metal thing with threads that the lug nut scrtews on to). If you broke a stud, then it's no problem. I had one of mine replaced when I accidentally stripped it when I put on my rotors. I think it cost like $30 at a Big O tires down the street from me.

shouldn't be a big deal.

 

you dont have to remove the entire hub to do it.. the hub has an indent in the side of it to remove them.. it is alot easier to just take it in and have some one replace it. you can drive on three (not the safest) but just to get it to the place it should be fine.

 

i had a friend who broke 3 lugs off his car.. trying to loosten them... the funny part is just the week before he was helpin me take off a friend of mines and was jumping on the lug wrench and i told him not to cause that will make the metal heat up too fast and break off.. so he was jumpin on his and broke 3.. out of 4... ud think he'd stop after 1... maybee 2 if it was really important he got the wheel off. what a dumb ass. well it made me another 50$ cause i had to take his whole spindle off and take it to the base to get the studs out.

 

I can't believe he didn't stop after 1, but breakin 3 now that's impressive

 

invest in a good torque wrench before you tighten them up again

 

tanx for the replies people ..
got it done with about 100 bux ! 60 bux to rent out a pull hammer ! for a day and a good hour of pounding the freakin rotor out and then another 20 bux to cab it to the dealership and another 20 to buy one stud,, all and all learned a nice lesson not to ever jump on the damn tire iron !!
but heres the question how do i know if my nuts are tight enough ?!! hehe, without a torque rench

 

if you cannot tighten it with your arms then its tight enough unless your a wimp...in which case you get your mom to torque it down for you.

seems like jumping on the wrench is a common cause of breakin off lugs. my friend and you..hmmmmm.. well atleast you stopped at 1.