[DML] Re: Wheel Lug Bolt Failure

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Probably over-torqued. Since one broke (and this is VERY UNCOMMON) you have to be serious about ALL of the other lug bolts. I would NOT drive until all of them can be removed, properly inspected, and torqued. As for the broken one, standard broken bolt removal techniques are all you need. Since this just happened after your visit to the tire shop, they should be fixing this for you at their expense.
David Teitelbaum

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "michaelwtownsley" <michaeltownsley@...> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I had new tires put on my car (replacing the factory originals).  I took the car on short in town drive latter in the day and heard something come off car.  When I was able to inspect the car it looks a lug bolt to the left rear tire has sheared off taking the lug nut with it.
> 
> I was looking at my Tech Manual however it does not have any specifics on how to replace a lug bolt.  Does anyone have any directions on how to do this repair or know of any cross reference to replacement parts from a more popular production vehicle?
> 
> Since there are only 3 lugs still on the wheel I was wondering how far I could drive it to get it to get it repaired.
> 
> As a side note I have owned this car for over 15 years and I have only let a repair shop work on it twice and both times it ended up that they broke something on it.
>




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