Re: Remedy for a sheared lug bolt

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:20:38 PDT "Joshua Strait" <joshua13s@hotmail.com>
writes:
>Today, as I was tightening my lug bolts one decided to break off.  In
the 
>process I bounced my face off the car and split open my chin.  Pretty 
>stoopid huh?  Anyway, what is the best way to fix this?  


I highly recomend stitches myself. Try and stop the bleeding first and if
its not too deep, butterfly stitches work great as they dont leave the
frankenstein scar.



>Should I find 
>another hub (anyone have a spare), or should I take mine to a machine 
>shop and have them drill and re-tap?  Plus, is it ok to drive a little 
>while on three lug bolts?


Sometimes the bolt will continue to screw into the hub and it can be
removed that way. Either way, you will probably need to remove the hub
from the car. In the proccess, you will probably destroy the wheel
bearing. It might be easiest to just buy a new hub and bearing and have
it changed. HTH! (and I hope your chin feels better too!) 


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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