HELP!!! Need to drill out one of the hub bolts

[VVTLiR]

Long story short, i have a stripped wheel nut, cant get my wheels off, 3 tyre joints couldnt do it. Did everything I could think of possible, so i have to drill out one of the hub bolts (2005 Corolla Stivo). Now I just want know if i can remove and replace the hub bolts seperatley on a corolla seperately or do i need a whole new front axle hub bolt assembly.

[JJCRU23R]

the tyre places cant help?? geez... try goign back to toyota??

2005 its still under warranty right?

[VVTLiR]

Aftermarket wheels so they arent gonna touch it. The drill option is my only resort, i think im gonna cry.

[JJCRU23R]

far out man this isnt good..

did you use an air powered tool when it got stripped or was it by hand?

[VVTLiR]

i didnt do it, some1 tried to nick em a couple of months ago but they didnt have the right tool to get em off and stripped it.

[JJCRU23R]

that sucks man..

try to go to your regular mechanic, hopefully they can remove it without doing any serious harm

[CHA54]

you can drill it out, new wheel studs are $6ea from toyota.

I would have thought a cold chisel would have been able to split the nut.

[JJCRU23R]

theres a whole bunch of ideas here..

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/search/search_...tripped+lug+nut

[bozurolla]

find urself a cheap socket (doesnt matter what drive 3/8 or 1/2 would help)thats just a lil smaller than the nut to be removed,line it up and ..............BAM( more like lil taps an stuff) hammer that baby on,hOPEFULLY the hex would grip the nut without breaking the socket itself & breaker bar the baby off,I know its sounds barbaric..but IT WORKS (well for me!! & FYI I'm not a butcher this just works in the situtation at hand)when u use 'soft' or non OE nuts this just happens sometimes

[BanGn]

find urself a cheap socket (doesnt matter what drive 3/8 or 1/2 would help)thats just a lil smaller than the nut to be removed,line it up and ..............BAM( more like lil taps an stuff) hammer that baby on,hOPEFULLY the hex would grip the nut without breaking the socket itself & breaker bar the baby off,I know its sounds barbaric..but IT WORKS (well for me!! & FYI I'm not a butcher this just works in the situtation at hand)when u use 'soft' or non OE nuts this just happens sometimes

if the wheel nut sticks out enough weld a metal stick onto it and turn it :D we had to do that with some header nuts that were threaded!

[VVTLiR]

Ive got an inverted type wheel nut with a round whole now with nowhere to grip since its mostly resesed. chisel and hammer dont work and reverse threaded high tensile nuts just strip or shear the bolt. I cut a section out of the nut to get leverage but ive broken 2 massive scredrivers, plyers and some drill bits. I thought about welding but id prob flake the finish off the alloy from the heat. For 6 bux, i think im gonna drill out the stud.

Edited March 20, 2007 by VVTLiR

[kcorro]

toyota changed one of my studs. they charged $6 for the part and i think it was $25 for labour. i had aftermarket wheels and lowered suspension they did not care.

even with the modifications they gave warranty on new brake pads and rotors all corners :)

i just needed to pay for the stud

Edited March 20, 2007 by kcorro

[D'Ice]

so is #1 the nut kinda rounded... or is #2 the nut just stuck into the bolt and the threads on the actual bolt r screwed???

coz my bolts were kinda screwed up a couple of months ago n i fixed it myself... its not the same car but should work the same... if it's #2 then...

just get a wheel wrench and put a long pipe into one of the ends (more leverage) and just torque shear the nut off the bolt

take the wheel off

take the caliper, rotor and the hub off

use a hammer or a rubber mallet and pound the bolt off the hub

get new bolt, position it into place in the hub then use a new nut on the other side of the hub to pull the bolt in until it's all the way through

put everything back n off u go

[VVTLiR]

Here is the stud when i drilled it out, it was pretty cheap fix, so for those who may have the same problem id save the hastle and just drill it.

[JJCRU23R]

i dont fully understand what yall mean by "drilling it out".

how would you safely do this without screwing up the rims or anything else surrounding the bolt?

do you drill it several times on different parts or just once through the middle?

have you got a pic of the bolt after youve drilled it?>

this would be really good reference info if some1 tried to steal my stockys hahaha

Edited March 23, 2007 by JJCRU23R

[CAP]

Look closely at the top stud in the pic and you'll see it's been drilled out.

[VVTLiR]

I just used a drill bit just under the size of the stud, then drilled. No damage to the wheel. The wheel nut is stuffed i'll post a pic later.