Nut not threading on car.

tipping

Had a puncture last night and one of the nuts was badly threaded and took a bit of effort to get off. New tyre today but the tyre place don't do rethreading or replacing? So currently driving with 4 wheel nuts.
But is that something to get fixed today or will it do over the weekend and where would you get it done??
Car is 07 Focus Hatchback

Kimbot

tipping wrote: »

Had a puncture last night and one of the nuts was badly threaded and took a bit of effort to get off. New tyre today but the tyre place don't do rethreading or replacing? So currently driving with 4 wheel nuts.
But is that something to get fixed today or will it do over the weekend and where would you get it done??
Car is 07 Focus Hatchback

if its only the nut thats threaded then buy a new nut and see how you get on.

tipping

jonny24ie wrote: »

if its only the nut thats threaded then buy a new nut and see how you get on.

There's a bit of damage on both the nut and the stud I'm afraid.

Kimbot

tipping wrote: »

There's a bit of damage on both the nut and the stud I'm afraid.

Sure any indy mechanic will replace the stud and nut handy enough.

tipping

Cheers, the local lad said he'd do it Monday. He said it would be grand till then.

Kimbot

tipping wrote: »

Cheers, the local lad said he'd do it Monday. He said it would be grand till then.

Just make sure all other nuts are tight and not getting loose as you drive on them and youll be grand.

savagethegoat

jonny24ie wrote: »

Just make sure all other nuts are tight and not getting loose as you drive on them and youll be grand.

sure. lean out the window with a spanner, be grand:D

bbability

reminds me of a neighbour who had his 4 tyres changed on his jeep a few years back. I watched him drive away from his house and didn't like the look of his rear wheels. When he eventually rang me back he was 5 miles away with 3 wheels on the jeep. Turns out NONE of the studs were properly tightened. The ironic thing was he was driving back to the tyre centre thinking they hadn't balanced the wheel.

dr.fuzzenstein

On a Focus you should be able to replace those studs yourself.
They are splined (on the rear anyway) and if you take the wheel off and tap the bolt backwards, it should pop out of the hub assembly.
Jack up, remove wheel, remove brake assembly, remove disk, tap out bolt and fit new one, happy days.
If you don't feel comfortable doing this, it should be a quick enough job for any garage.

tipping

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

On a Focus you should be able to replace those studs yourself.
They are splined (on the rear anyway) and if you take the wheel off and tap the bolt backwards, it should pop out of the hub assembly.
Jack up, remove wheel, remove brake assembly, remove disk, tap out bolt and fit new one, happy days.
If you don't feel comfortable doing this, it should be a quick enough job for any garage.

Cheers but tyre place said there was some play in the steering (or something to that affect) and wanted it fixed before tracking so it is off to the mechanic anyway on Monday. He might as well do both jobs.
Thinking of replacing the locknuts with standard ones too. The locknut key looked a little worn and don't think anyone is stealing my wheels.

colm_mcm

If you've got a cross threaded wheel stud and worn out locking nut key, then you need to have a word with whoever does your tyres/servicing. This is classic bate it on with an airgun symptoms.

*Kol*

Bateing it on is a common occurrence. there is a few guys out there who think they are doing an F1 pitstop rather than taking the time to run the nut or bolt in a few turns by hand.

To digress, do alloys get stolen any more?

tipping

colm_mcm wrote: »

If you've got a cross threaded wheel stud and worn out locking nut key, then you need to have a word with whoever does your tyres/servicing. This is classic bate it on with an airgun symptoms.

The car is new to me. Used the puncture as an excuse to get rid of the cheap Chinese yokes that were on it.
The locking nut is OK but has seen better days and don't want to get stuck somewhere for the sake of it. The wheel brace is pretty worn too (was verging on slipping when tightening) and needs a Halfords replacement.

itoro

*Kol* wrote: »

Bateing it on is a common occurrence. there is a few guys out there who think they are doing an F1 pitstop rather than taking the time to run the nut or bolt in a few turns by hand.

Every tyre place i've tried has done this and i always have to loosen nuts and retorque wheels with torque wrench after.
Anyone had a place in dublin area not do this, wouldn't mind a recommendation. Could take the wheels off and bring them in but thats a bit of hassle.

millington

tipping wrote: »

Cheers but tyre place said there was some play in the steering (or something to that affect) and wanted it fixed before tracking so it is off to the mechanic anyway on Monday. He might as well do both jobs.
Thinking of replacing the locknuts with standard ones too. The locknut key looked a little worn and don't think anyone is stealing my wheels.

Locknuts are nothing but hassle nowadays, bin it and get ordinary ones for sure

Superwofy

itoro wrote: »

Every tyre place i've tried has done this and i always have to loosen nuts and retorque wheels with torque wrench after.
Anyone had a place in dublin area not do this, wouldn't mind a recommendation. Could take the wheels off and bring them in but thats a bit of hassle.

Ask them not to. If they give you attitude just go somewhere else.

I'm pretty anal about wheel nuts and jacking points. Even when properly done, impact tightened bolts/nuts are a pain to remove with a normal wrench.

Last time the car had an alignment at Dave McCann's I requested that no impact wrench be used. The man doing it happily obliged and even walked me through the entire process.