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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Default YAY broken wheel stud

first time i broke one on my personal car... which makes two that i ever broken the other was on a work truck with 8 lugs heh...

tomorrow it gets fix by me i'm hoping it'll take me less then 2 hours to fix and wash up

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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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OH SNAP!
Old Nov 2, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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15 minute fix
Old Nov 2, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Dude! haha. Get a torque wrench next time.
Old Nov 2, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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i was using a torque wrench...

using the torque wrench to get the lug nut off and SNAP, i said oh $#!t oops, thats not good heh

now this time it won't happen again since now i've used anti-seez
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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^^^You were removing it and it broke?
That means you or someone else cross-threaded it when installing it!...
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:25 AM
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i do believe it was discount tire cause i haven't removed my wheels since i got 'em mounted meh no matter it was a good learning experience for me
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
i do believe it was discount tire cause i haven't removed my wheels since i got 'em mounted meh no matter it was a good learning experience for me
A good reason to do you wheels yourself and keep the studs lubed with some white litium grease.
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ouch...i like that oh SNaP!
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and it was a 15 minute fix too
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