Dealer Cross Threaded One of my Lug Nuts - Need Help Please!
08-25-2001, 10:19 PM
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Dealer Cross Threaded One of my Lug Nuts - Need Help Please!
I decided to check the torque on my lug nuts today since I hadn't done it since I took delivery of the car. To my surprise and :mad , I found that the locking lug nut on one of the rear wheels was cross threaded, and wasn't even in contact with the wheel. Instead of fixing it before delivering the car to me, the joker 
who prepped my car apparently just put the decorative cap on the lug nut figuring the new owner wouldn't catch it. I was able to get the locking lug nut off, but now the threads on the stud are damaged for the first 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch.
As far as I see it, I have two options.
1. I can use a thread chaser to try and cut some new threads into the damaged part of the stud (there is about 1/2" of good threads that exist near the wheel grip area).
2. I can install a new stud. Undoubtedly this would be the preferred option, but since I've never done this before I'm wondering how difficult it would be.
Any recommendation on the steps necessary to replace the stud would be greatly appreciated!
[Modified by MICHIGANZO6, 9:44 PM 8/25/2001]
who prepped my car apparently just put the decorative cap on the lug nut figuring the new owner wouldn't catch it. I was able to get the locking lug nut off, but now the threads on the stud are damaged for the first 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch. As far as I see it, I have two options.
1. I can use a thread chaser to try and cut some new threads into the damaged part of the stud (there is about 1/2" of good threads that exist near the wheel grip area).
2. I can install a new stud. Undoubtedly this would be the preferred option, but since I've never done this before I'm wondering how difficult it would be.
Any recommendation on the steps necessary to replace the stud would be greatly appreciated!
[Modified by MICHIGANZO6, 9:44 PM 8/25/2001]
08-26-2001, 10:26 AM
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Re: Dealer Cross Threaded One of my Lug Nuts - Need Help Please! (ebowtie)
Now this is the kind of thing that makes you want to slap somebody into the middle of next week :mad
Option #3a....Go to dealer and stand over them like a chicken hawk while they replace the stud, making sure they don't figure out how to screw up something else.
[Modified by DUKE, 8:27 AM 8/26/2001]
Option #3a....Go to dealer and stand over them like a chicken hawk while they replace the stud, making sure they don't figure out how to screw up something else.
[Modified by DUKE, 8:27 AM 8/26/2001]
08-26-2001, 06:46 PM
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Re: Dealer Cross Threaded One of my Lug Nuts - Need Help Please! (Son93SL2)
Replace the stud. Talk to the Service Manager and mention your "safety-liabilty" concerns. That should do it. When you get the dealer survey be sure to outline this. You should get a call from GM. The customer is the only one who can/try to keep the dealer in line.
