jethro1964
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05 Unlimited Rubicon....
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Post by jethro1964 on Jan 4, 2006 16:58:56 GMT -5
Oh my...I was about to rotate my tires on my unlimited rubicon when my X-brother-in-law pulls up says he wouldnt mind getting his hands dirty. Anyway, he rotates the tires all is done and he leaves. Im driving around for nearly two weeks when all the sudden a luggnut pops off the front driver side wheel. I check all the nuts and they are hand loose, i can turn all of them!!!! This caused one of the luggs to get sheered off, lucky i was not hurt or killed...I checked all the others on the jeep and they were tight no problem. Now i have my 05 with a lugg missing...anyone know how much this could cost to get replaced at a dealer? A local place said they did not have the equipment needed to handle the job but i should be alright with the remaining lugs secured. Ive got the jeep in the garage as i dont really have the time or money to get it repaired right now plus my X brother-in-law said he told me to tighten all the lug nuts....yea right......if this was so then why were all the others tight....glad he is an x ...........
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Post by brigantine on Jan 4, 2006 18:27:43 GMT -5
Not much, unless it's an unusual style lug.
Normal lugs actually pound into the hub from behind. A buck or two at your local Napa. Pop the old one out with a center punch. Pop the new one in with a ball peen.
Don't ask me how I know.
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Post by nwquadriders on Jan 4, 2006 19:11:42 GMT -5
Also most major tire dealers will have them and the tools to do it. Out West we have a tire dealer (Les Schwab) that is infamous for over-torquing the lug nuts and snapping them off. It's fairly common when you get too excited with a wrench.
What brigantine said is correct... If you do it yourself, you'll need to remove the front brakes, then the wheel hub. Put the hub on a solid surface and smack that stud with a big center punch and a BFH (big f'ing hammer) When you put the new one in....here's a hint that'll make your wife mad, but make your life easier. Put the new stud in the freezer for an hour or so. Heat up your wheel hub in the oven at about 200 degrees for 15 minutes. This causes the hub to expand a bit, and the lug to contract. put a little bit of grease in the hole and smack that lug back in with the BFH I mentioned earlier.
I have done this a few times over the years, and once I read about "baking my hubs" it went a lot quicker.
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Post by n3cr0shark on Jan 5, 2006 0:10:53 GMT -5
Second what nwquadriders said....I have done it myself (freezer and heat)...and I saw it once on American Hot Rod on TV (you always have to believe TV right?...LOL)...
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