Wheel stud

[jns681186]

This morning I took off my wheels to clean them, while taking off the Right-Rear this happened..... has this happened to anyone?20752

[ViperGeorge]

Happens sometimes. I haven't lost a stud on my Gen 5s yet but I did lose one on my 09 ACR. Pain in the ass. Not sure if the Gen 5 is the same but I could not figure out how to change one with out taking the hub off. The new stud would not clear the spindle no matter what I did.

[Stubbygda]

This morning I took off my wheels to clean them, while taking off the Right-Rear this happened..... has this happened to anyone?20752

yep right front. had to take hub off press it out and press new one in. i put a very small amount of antisieze and do not use impact wrench on them. it was not cross threaded but more like siezed in lug nut. really wierd.

[sadil]

This morning I took off my wheels to clean them, while taking off the Right-Rear this happened..... has this happened to anyone?20752

Are you the original owner? If so, where so you take the care for service?

[jns681186]

Are you the original owner? If so, where so you take the care for service?

This was the Right-Rear wheel, I purchased the vehicle used back in December with 2000 miles...... I don't think it was cross threaded either, it does look seized in my opinion. I do everything I can to keep away from Dodge Dealer, but the few times I had taken it, I go to a local Dodge Dealer in Fort Worth......Autonation dealer here the area.

[sadil]

I wonder if someone slammed it with a torque gun. Since it is used, you never know.

[Stubbygda]

I wonder if someone slammed it with a torque gun. Since it is used, you never know.

i bought my 2015 ta2 brand new never slammed with impact wrench but i did use one but not up to torque setting just to snug up and then use torque wrench and always started lugs by hand to assure not cross threaded. i do track my car alot and happened after probably 3-4 events, so wheel probably removed 8-10 times. since then no impact wrench at all a tiny bit of antisieze and no more problems.

[BJG32]

I wonder if someone slammed it with a torque gun. Since it is used, you never know.

I'd bet the farm this is what happened.

[texasram]

i clean with wheels on, with wash mit i am able to get hand all the way back there, then inch car forward and get the rest

[sadil]

Loll^

[Voice of Reason]

I had all 6 replaced on my front driver wheel. I impact them off but always hand put the nuts on. I had noticed the threads on that one wheel getting shiney every time I take it off, I think one of the lugs was bad and as it got swapped around to different studs it kept messing them up. The final straw was when I was removing one with my impact it fought like crazy coming off. When I put the nut back on it tightened up well before it ever touched the wheel so I knew it was done.

My previous 13 had the same issue with one lug, the first time I ever took it off it FOUGHT the impact like crazy.

[Bill Pemberton]

This is a pretty common problem with vehicles that are tracked , as the heat generated and the constant torqueing finds studs sometimes breaking. There can be a lot of reasons , though at this point it is just a case of getting it fixed.

Part of the reason many trackrats end up getting a set of ARP extended length studs for their machines. Best of luck , and been there with this issue, so understand your frustration.

[texasram]

Loll^

I dont understand the humor

[Bill Pemberton]

He was just being a Wheel Stud as the heading of this thread suggests!

[texasram]

He was just being a Wheel Stud as the heading of this thread suggests!

I see what you did there, makes sense

[Jack B]

I wonder if someone slammed it with a torque gun. Since it is used, you never know.

Air impact, no doubt. I would worry about the other studs. Can we get a pic that looks at the break