how do ou get a wheek off a car when one stud is stuck?

Question

I have drilled it and chilsed it, but it is still stuck. Its the only one holding it on

Answer 1

Cut it off with a torch, or get a diamond drill bit to drill it out.

Answer 2

By now about all you can do with it is to "cut" it off with a cutting torch (stud and all!) Because there is nothing left to get a grip on with a wrench. An experienced mechanic might be able to get it cut off without ruining the wheel, but be prepared to buy another wheel,- (a used one a the junkyard won't set you back a whole lot)! The alternative is to chisel a whole lot more, till you can get down to the collar at the bottom, so the nut is completely off the stud......... You may still ruin the wheel, and you willl probably need to replace the stud also!

I have removed a bunch of them in the last 50 years. In the beginning, you can genreally get them off with an inpact wrench,-(not much help on the highway)! In some cases , -( like a flat out on the road),- about all you can do is twist the stud off, (by turning it the wrong direction.) You can get along ok without one stud (unless you have 3 bolt wheels). And can replace the stud when you can get the wheel and hub off at home, - or take to a garage to do it!! -- Generally when they are this tight penetrating oil won't help much, - however heating them up real hot with a welding torch gets them loose a lot of times!

The reason wheel lugnuts won't come off most of the time is because the "garage" torqued them too tight with an impact wrench! Whenever I get a tire put on in a tire shop (I prefer to put them on myself),-- I always loosen the nuts and then re-tighten them with my "lugwrench" - before I leave the lot! If I can't get one or two loose, I just run it back in and tell them to "break them loose" for me. I explain that it would be beneficial for me, - if I could get all the lugnuts off -- if I have a flat somewhere (and not in the tire shop).

I carry a "crossbar" lug wrench (also caled an "X" wrench)-lin all my vehicles, as the one that comes in the car is about useless against this kind of problem! All they do is ruin the nut so that you can't get it off with other means!

Incidentally you can now buy electric impact wrenches that run off your car battery, -- they work pretty good and really speed up the job of changing tires!

Answer 3

I would place the other studs back on the car wheel and drive the car to a repair garage, gas station where there is a mechanic with the proper power tools to take it off or take the car to the dealer's shop for assistance. Some people only take their automobiles back to the dealership repair shop.

Answer 4

I hate this one. It has happened more than once to me.
Heat by Oxy torch.
The WD40 by the bucketload.
Rustoff by the bucketload
Whack it with a hammer a few times, keeping in mind the thread, and give it one last go
The last option, refit everything and drive to a mechanic or remove the whole suspension, brakes and disc-mount etc, and take the assembly to a mechanic who will have presses and welding gear and has probably had to solve the problem dozens of times himself.

Answer 5

i believe dodgeman in this one. merely take it sluggish and drill it out. in my opinion, i might merely use a torch and decrease the rattling element off. kidding. merely have endurance with it. i've got even had to apply a air hammer and knock the wheel loose from the returned facet with some scrap steel. thats a discomfort.

Answer 6

A little WD-40, my man. Spray, wait three minutes, voila!

Answer 7

Torch it off; blowtorch; but be careful if you are as bad with fire as you are with spelling you might burn yourself.

Answer 8

use the torch. then you'll be replacing studs after you chiseled it.

Answer 9

my b/f used a torch to heat it then yanked really hard