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Corolla lug problems


timmiller
05-15-2005, 04:25 PM
Hey gang. I need some help here.

I broke off two lugs when rotating tires a couple days ago. (Ya I know one is bad, but I managed to break two).

Anyway, I don't have a Chilton's manual or anything like that, so I decided I could just take the rotor off, and change out the lugs. (the autozone online manual said the lugs got pressed into the rotor)

Well, I got the rotor off, and the lugs are not part of the rotor.
The lugs look like they are attached to a hub.

Here lies my problem. I cannot figure out how to get that hub off that the lugs are attached to.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Tim

Brian R.
05-15-2005, 09:01 PM
The lugs are removed by pressing them out from outboard to inboard with a special tool that looks like a gear puller. You don't need to remove the hub. The new ones are pulled through with a nut and some washers.

01loadedLE
05-16-2005, 12:33 AM
during a tire replacement a bad lug was discovered and I got them to install a new one and it was only $5 so its not expensive to get a tire place to do it for you if you still cant get it off.

johnholl
05-16-2005, 03:02 PM
I wonder if you could fasten the tire with the two remaining lugs and drive slowly to a garage or tire place to get them off.

I have a hell of a time up here in the northeast, with all the salt on the roads. I have to use a 3-foot section of pipe extended over a breaker bar to get the lugs of my vehicle, reguardles of how well i take care of the lugs

01loadedLE
05-16-2005, 08:14 PM
I wouldnt try it with my car I'd just tow it to a mechanic.

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