How could this happan?

[Guest Mustang3.8]

something just don't make sense here. the lug nuts were too long for what? sounds to me like they fed you a nice line and charged you for something they didn't do.

Dave

Actually, I did'nt have to pay for anything. My dad is paying for the stud repair, and they did'nt charge me to have the nuts fixed at the tire store

[Guest Mustang3.8]

When the car was in the shop having the stud repaired, I asked the mechanic to check the whole front assembly. He checked the wheel bearings, wheel backs, and brake parts on both sides, and they all checked out fine.

[Longbox55]

Never heard of a "too long of a nut" causing any problems. Now if the stud was too long, that could cause the problem, but only if a closed end lug nut was used. Grinding off the studs is NOT the proper repair. Grinding the studs off (or nuts for that matter) not only damages the threads, but it also puts alot of heat into the metal, and could potentially weaken it. The proper repair would have been to replace the studs with the proper length ones, which isn't really that hard to do. If the really did grind them off, I would strongly suggest finding a different shop, preferrably one that employs ASE Certified Mechanics, rather than just any bum off the street (which is far too common these days).

You don't mention what kind of vehicle you were driving, but there is a torque spec for lug nuts. If you need the spec to check them yourself, let me know, I have the giudes handy, and on most cars, memorized.

Edited April 22, 2010 by Longbox55

[Guest Mustang3.8]

I drove the car around a bit after I had the nuts shaved down, and re-torqued, and I did'nt hear anything from the front end, except for the engine.

[Guest Johnny]

I take it that these were aftermarket mag wheels and had closed end lugnuts?

If so then the actual problem (and I have seen this a lot) was the lugnuts were the wrong ones for the wheel studs and the stud bottomed out before the were actually tight to the wheel!

Now if the studs in just that hub had been changed that could mean they installed the wrong length studs which would have worked with a stock wheel and center cover. That would also be whyonly that wheel was loose and not the others!