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Old 03-30-2007, 07:35 PM
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Today while torquing down my lug bolts after putting on my summer tires of of the bolts on the right front wheel stripped and now won't tighten down or come out. Any suggestions about what to do/ should i drive the car? Thanks!!
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Default crank down the other 4 and plan to fix it soon. I don't know if you can replace the threads
I'd rather replace the hub and bearing. I had to do this once because of some jackass tire shop pit-crew-dreaming ape who didn't thread 2 of the bolts properly. 1 was unusable, another was damaged, but cleaned up ok. I just had the hub and bearing replaced. Not worth screwing around.
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Default Re: crank down the other 4 and plan to fix it soon. I don't know if you can replace the threads
Ok Thanks a lot!!
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I'll Quattro this, just cause everyone else is doing it... and I agree.
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I drove on 4 on my LF for a few weeks. lug snapped, even drilling it out couldn't get all of it out
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