# stripped lug bolt solution **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [November 22, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559 "2009-11-22T22:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/41 "2009-11-23T06:32:29Z")
[http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92890](http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92890) Hmm…most of the stuff at HF is junk, but the Pittsburgh stuff ain’t that bad… ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/42 "2009-11-23T06:39:54Z")
> [@FS: Few random DSM items + other stuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-few-random-dsm-items-other-stuff/26225/3): > > Who cares? those are like $200 wheels :rofl haha, just go PLUNK with a ballpeen and they shatter? heh ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/43 "2009-11-23T06:42:01Z")
> [@3.17 Saturday - St. Patty's Day :wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-17-saturday-st-pattys-day-wahoo/25881/92): > > why didnt they just drill the thing out? People are dumb :number1 Hey,we had to do that this one time! ---
**Author:** ![Neo187H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/44 "2009-11-23T10:23:52Z")
> [@Sabres games streaming anywhere?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sabres-games-streaming-anywhere/23170/78): > > I still drive my car around a bit and then tighten/double check with a torque wrench just to be safe as the wheels dont seem to set properly until you drive it around the block, they always seem to loosen up a bit again This isn’t caused by the lugs not being tightened properly in the first place, this is because the hub that the wheel rides on isnt clean so it doesn’t sit perfectly flush like it needs to. Letting the wheel rock back and forth ever so slightly causing the lugs to loosen as the wheel moves on the hub. Clean your hubs and the inside of the rim and you shouldn’t have this issue anymore. As for the Tq. wrench debate, the main issue with using an impact is idiots that have no idea what they are doing tightening lugs down to ten times what the spec is, not so much the trained professional that uses an impact to snug the lugs and a tq wrench to tighten to spec. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/45 "2009-11-23T10:50:19Z")
this reminds me of the time I stripped the head bolt on my motor, we went through 4 blades before I cut the head in half to get it out. ---
**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/46 "2009-11-23T11:23:36Z")
> [@FS: Few random DSM items + other stuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-few-random-dsm-items-other-stuff/26225/3): > > Who cares? those are like $200 wheels :rofl yea i almost think the guys in the thread going on about how nice of wheels they are are just as bad as the guy that cut them up. they are pos junk wheels ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/47 "2009-11-23T11:28:44Z")
what wheels ARE they? ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559/48 "2009-11-23T17:43:15Z")
i use a impact ith a trq stick to tighten shit ya just gotta use your head on what your doin [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stripped-lug-bolt-solution/248559.md?page=2)