Broken Front Wheel Studs

[Shadylane]

Originally Posted by Kirk Morgan

Iam wondering if the inner diameter of the wheel is interfering with the outer diameter of the hub causing a wedge effect.Can you unscrew the broken studs out of the nuts without much effort? If they wont i would think there is some kind of a wedge affect going on..

I had to remove the stud from the lug nut with vise grips. It wasn’t handy until it was half way out. Never thought about hub interference with the wheel.

My torque wrench is within 4 pounds of my friends new Snap On wrench. I guess I could lower the torque number a bunch.