BROKEN LUG NUT!! OH NOOOO!!!! NAH NO PROBLEM!!! 

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@@Hammerjockeyrepair I lost my locking lug nut key and no other alternatives are working so I need to drill out all 4 lugs on the 4 rims now so this isn't just for broken lugs its for people that lose their lug nut key to I'm assuming..

Glazier : thumbs up to u bro, gotta do my Audi 5, broke 2 of them ,

For drilling like this I get some new Cobalt bits. They're voracious MoFro's. Makes it too easy. And the cobalt bits are still in my kit for other uses... Thanks for making the video, great information.

Can you do mine! I’ve got my bits ordered! Thanks for the video

How to replace the stud ?

with good drill bits you will have no issue. Start with 3/16" dead center and work your way up. If I had my worktruck here with the good bits this video would have been 30 seconds!

You are not using an old wood tool. Old has a key Chuck. Maybe you meant to say wore-out it is not old. Old stuff is direct-drive just like the picture on your keyless Chuck that has a direct-drive selection. Direct drive along always break your bit or your wrist. As you notice your bits are getting doll on high-speed use low and hang on to it I'll show you have more control aiming at the whole because you're not using the Wimpy variable grip. Use low gear. 2nd gear is for mixing paint buffing your headlight. If you have a cheap battery drill it won't hurt anything except its own Gears and Battery the worst thing about this whole project is if you break a bit off in the hole your up a creek without a paddle. Go get a beer or your friend with a cutting torch

meTimetraveler broke my wrist a while back, not using a drill was mountain biking but even after almost a year now still dont have full strength or durability in my wrist and have had a few times where my drill kicked on me (carpenter) so as much as i can i try to use a impact driver, many companies make drill buts with a 1/8th hex bit, not as quick or efficient but for some jobs its better for my personal use. Just thought id share

This is a diy tho… u dont have any friends with drills? Shops will 100% of the time over charge you.

@@zeru4600 $23 extractor set did the trick. It was super tight, I had to stand on breaker bar to loosen one of them. I figure I saved myself close to $500 doing myself and I get to brag that two tire shops tried to get bolts off and I succeeded. Extractor ruined the bolts but worked well. Two new lug bolts only cost $14

neo0501 yes. But you simply take a hammer and whack it in. Put new stud on and make sure it’s tight lol

Have you started with a small bit first? Something like 1/8 inch?

Drilled the stud and nut completely out and replaced them both

hope youve got a welder or a welder friend to weld something to that drill bit and get er out lol

Why?

Because the speed will wear the bits out faster and you also have to use some pressure.

Melt it off

do you have a fastenal anywhere near you? Are you starting off with a small bit like 1/8" or 3/16"?

I have one of those near me. I started with a 3/16. I tried a few different types of drill bits but none of them were that effective

Well now youre at a spot where you need to get to someone who can deal with it with an oxy acetelyne torch and melt it off. Or beat it with a punch and see if you can get the bit out

Just did that myself and it was only 1/8 inch bit because I was step Drilling. I did another post to somebody said Put it on 2nd gear and go for it no you put the clutch on light duty have a a partner squirt your bit while you are Drilling. It doesn't matter how big are small a broken bit go get a beer and call your friend with a torch go slow grasshopper and set the clutch only heavy enough to do the job

Honestly any new drill bits will do a good job, I was using whatever junk I had laying around in the shop to get it done. Don’t get cheapy drill bits, go for the Milwaukee or dewalt ones at Home Depot Atleast, if you go to harbor freight go for the Hercules ones.

Best of luck to ya!

Yes. They’re between $1-$5 depending on the vehicle

It wasn’t due to a frozen lug nut, this was a case where the entire hex section broke right off, there was no possibility of getting it off without drilling. You know the tapered part of the lugnut at the bottom that meets the wheel? That’s the part that was left on the stud, the rest of the lugnut broke off.

www.rx7club.com/suspension-wheels-tires-brakes-20/broken-lug-nuts-help-1026863/#&gid=1&pid=2

@@Hammerjockeyrepair I guess it depends on how much nut is left. If theres even a few MM left, a socket exctractor like this will take it out ( destroying the nut in the process as well) www.amazon.ca/Irwin-Tools-53915-21mm-Extractor/dp/B0027S98EC/ref=asc_df_B0027S98EC/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292944199160&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9822994297098487148&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000889&hvtargid=pla-625670072117&psc=1 These things bite into what ever metals left and rip it off the threads. I've had them brake bolts locked on exhausts/headers/lug nuts. You name it.

Center punch to get the drill started

That’s what caused us to make this video! The part the socket fits on snapped off leaving just the seat/tapered part of the nut locking the wheel on. “Simply” drill through the entire stud lol. Start off with like a 3/16” bit direct center and work your way up

how deep down?

@@Hammerjockeyrepair about an 1/8 of an inch

Not when the nut is that shallow, a replacement stud is only a few dollars and takes no time to replace

My service truck has my good bits in it and theyre a mix of the milwaukee impact ones, or the non colored bits, almost look like dull chrome from my local fastenal, Im not sure of a brand on those, but they work great. Next job I have like this Ill do with good bits so you all see it takes about 12 seconds of drilling and youre through!

@@Hammerjockeyrepair thanks

Been there done that. You can try to restart the angle you want to aim toward with a brand new 1\8 inch bit

thanks will keep trying at it

thx still taking some time but will keep at it

Yes

Hammerjockey Radios thanks so much for replying. I’m a female and this happened on a jauguar XJ last night it was actually rusted underneath and the tire guy couldn’t get some of the nuts off! Over tightened I’m sure. Im just so worried i won’t get the flat tire off without someone charging me up or breaking the stud and I would have to then buy the whole hub assembly because you can’t just change the stud on those cars...ugh all this from a pothole! but your video gave me some hope someone will get the flat tire off

thats the easy part. Once the wheel and brake drum is off, smack the old wheel stud into the hub, itll pop right out and slide the new one in. Use the lugnut on wheel to seat the stud all the way back in

Matthew Westover for sure! I’ve also put copper pipe over the lug to torch out. I just put this video out so the average joe with basic crap bits and a drill sees they can get the job done. After seeing videos of people using cutoff wheels and hatchets, I had to

I’m not putting you done for it just a thought

Matthew Westover I know you weren’t. Thanks for watching and commenting!