Re: Lug Nuts and such

["Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>]

You didnt listen to Schmidt did you! As I mentioned several weeks ago: use 
anti-seize on the studs and torqe to 15% less than spec and they will last 
ALMOST forever. 
Bill Schmidt RX7 ( no broken studs in 7 years of solo in this car) 

>>> "Tim Malzahn" <tmalzahn@tnmnetworks.com> 04/25 9:21 PM >>>
Hi all,

Going back to a subject debated a few weeks ago regarding lug nuts and wheel 
studs and torquing them down every race.

I had a race today and on the last run, turning left felt kinda funny, like a 
whumpa-whumpa sound from the front. I thought to myself, "gee, it must be hot 
tires or tires rubbing on the inner fender or something."

No such luck.

When I was changing the tires back to the streets, I could not get one of the 
right front lug nuts loose. So I did not change one of the tires for the trip 
back home. When I got home, I ended up shearing off the wheel stud trying to 
remove the lug nut.

I think what may have happened is when I was torquing the nuts down this 
morning, I weakened one of the studs enough so that it actually broke sometime 
in competition during the day (last run.)

The stud broken is under warranty and I can have it replaced for no charge. My 
question is should I go ahead and get all of the others replaced since I 
already had one fail?

Also, if I have them replaced, any ideas on how much it could cost?

Tim Malzahn
97 Integra GS-R Sedan