Stripped lug nuts
Stripped lug nuts Anybody else have this problem? It seems like I'm always stripping the threads off my lug nuts. Sometimes the wheel studs strip out too. It's mostly on the rear, but I have stripped some nuts on the front as well. Is it the cheap auto parts lug nuts I buy or what? I always torque the lugs down by hand.
Originally Posted by SprayedLT1
Anybody else have this problem? It seems like I'm always stripping the threads off my lug nuts. Sometimes the wheel studs strip out too. It's mostly on the rear, but I have stripped some nuts on the front as well. Is it the cheap auto parts lug nuts I buy or what? I always torque the lugs down by hand.
I got gm bolts and I tighten them by hand and they do stripp easy. I over tightened one wheel key bolt and it cracked. Its still on untill i a replacement. In defence of gm I do take off the rims more so then the regular person, always modding somthing.
Originally Posted by Mr Incredible
Tq wrnch at 105lbs.
Originally Posted by 76LS1BIRD
put anti-seize on threads
Originally Posted by cbrich
Buy some better lug nuts 
If you are constantly, taking off the wheels; perhaps you need to just say that after x amount of take off/ put back on you just buy a new set. Check w/ trackbird or mitchnx in the handling forum to see what the autocrossers are using for lug nut bolts and studs.
