# Wheel stud just spinning...can't get lug off **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [October 3, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983 "2007-10-03T14:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/happy240sx/32/5515_2.png) [@Happy240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Happy240sx)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/1 "2007-10-03T14:37:02Z")
As the title suggests. I am one lug away from rocking my new wheels but the stud has come loose and just spins. I can’t put enough pressure on the stud so that only the lug spins. Any words of wisdom? ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/2 "2007-10-03T14:54:09Z")
S-chassis? can you see behind the dam thing? the backing plates usually have a location where one could remove/replace wheel studs without dissasembling the whole upright. Maybe a grinding wheel on a Dremel through the access point on the backing plate? Just trying to brainstorm here, maybe inspire another idea… or a tiny tack weld onto the hub/stud through the access point? ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/3 "2007-10-03T14:54:48Z")
is the stud spinning because it’s not fully in its seat or because the splines are facked? if the splines are chooched you may want to use a new stud can you tap it into its seat from behind the hub with a mallet or other tool? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/4 "2007-10-03T15:43:17Z")
i would suggest cutting the stud as i imagine the knurl is stripped. is this a oem stud? ---
**Author:** ![Happy240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/happy240sx/32/5515_2.png) [@Happy240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Happy240sx)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/5 "2007-10-03T16:00:56Z")
I don’t know if the knurls are done or if it just came unseated. I can’t really get behind it in my little home garage… ---
**Author:** ![matty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matty/32/5043_2.png) [@matty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/6 "2007-10-03T16:04:59Z")
cut it off and replace it, thats what i had to do ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/7 "2007-10-03T16:23:24Z")
> [@95 VW Jetta gl](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-vw-jetta-gl/13980/10): > > is the stud spinning because it’s not fully in its seat or because the splines are facked? > ? my suggestion was based one fubared splines… for it to become unseated that lugnut would have been dangerously loose… ---
**Author:** ![forrory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@forrory](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forrory)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-stud-just-spinning-cant-get-lug-off/109983/8 "2007-10-03T16:44:37Z")
this just happened to me and i solve the problems in 10 mins I took a cement chisel and punched a hole in the center of my lug nut then took a thin drill bit and drilled into the stud, then a 1/4 drill bit and drilled the rest out then hit the cement chisel back into it and bent it back and forth about 3 times till it just broke off clean. then put a new stud in.