Can You Drive With a Missing Lug Nut

• #1

ii of the studs on my tire broke, and then i only have 3 lug nuts on the tire, can i bulldoze for the adjacent five days until i could get information technology stock-still

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• #2

Yes just only to get the other 2 lug nuts and DO NOT OVER CLOCK nether any circumstance.

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• #iii

Are the lug basics soldered or pasted on?

• #4

Aye, you can drive with 3 lug nuts.

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• #6

Why non? The car is however capable of being driven. He didn't enquire if he should or what the possible consequences were.

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• #seven

Why not? The motorcar is still capable of being driven. He didn't ask if he should or what the possible consequences were.

Showtime off why did two of them intermission
Second what is the plan to supersede them

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• #eight

3 of 5? Every bit long as the two broken ones aren't next to each other, should be doable...not recommended, but for calorie-free, careful driving...mayhap.

• #9

He asked if he can bulldoze the car, to which the respond is yep. He did not ask if he should drive the car, to which the answer is possibly no.

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• #10

Why not? The car is still capable of being driven.

If the wheel falls off and causes an accident, someone is injured or killed ,estimate who is at fault!!!

• #eleven

If the wheel falls off and causes an accident, someone is injured or killed ,guess who is at fault!!!

The OP did not ask what might happen if the cycle falls off, he asked if he can drive information technology and the answer is an unequivocal yes, he tin can bulldoze it. It may not exist wise, it may not be prudent and it may be inadvisable, only he can still drive it.

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• #12

^ Not so fast, he asked if he can drive for the adjacent v days and the answer to that could exist no if the wheel comes off earlier 5 days have passed.

It's a ridiculous question and the topic should accept been deleted. Nobody should ever drive with 40% of their lugs missing except in an emergency.

Lug studs are not hard to replace. Get a BFH, beat the cleaved stud out with a chisel/whatever, beat out the new one in or use a lug nut to start it, then a lug nut plus a spacer (stack of washers if nothing else) to get it the residual of the way in if not threaded far enough to use a nut lone. Put a little grease on the side of the nut contacting the hub or spacer if you desire to make turning it slightly easier.

Lug studs are available at most auto parts stores (depending on how rare the vehicle is) and inexpensive, unremarkably around $iv.

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• #13

The OP did not ask what might happen if the wheel falls off, he asked if he tin drive it and the answer is an unequivocal yeah, he can drive it. It may not be wise, it may not exist prudent and it may be inadvisable, simply he can still drive it.

So YOU DONOT give a D...about public safe.

• #14

So You lot DONOT requite a D...about public safety.

I answered the OP's question without diving into the weeds. The OP did not enquire if public safety would be compromised.

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• #15

Why did these 2 break? If they've been over tightened to the point where they eventually fatigued and failed, at that place's a damn good chance the other three were treated in the aforementioned manner. Stop driving it and replace all five studs.

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• #16

I would only drive it as far as necessary to get it fixed, and I'd have the lower speed back roads, not the 70mph highway.

Agree with replacing all five.

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• #17

He asked if he tin can drive the car, to which the answer is yeah. He did not ask if he should drive the car, to which the answer is perchance no.

Hell...you tin can bulldoze with only one lug nut holding the bicycle to the hub...until, all of a sudden, you can't...

• #18

Hell...you tin drive with only one lug nut holding the bicycle to the hub...until, all of a sudden, you can't...

Damn, y'all grab on fast for an quondam fart.

• #19

From personal experience: Yes, yous can bulldoze with 3. If they are in a triangle pattern...I wouldn't drive with three right in a row.

In my younger, dumber teen years, I had a fast 76 Trans Am. Lug basics got dicked up. I had enough left for 3 each wheel....and so I put them on in that pattern, and drove information technology....for MONTHS. I went to the elevate strip multiple times, ran it over 100 mph.

If you have them in a triangle pattern and they're tight, they're not going anywhere.

That said, the official answer from anyone "official" should be "no", but that'due south my existent-earth feel.

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• #xx

Of course you tin can. I drove on literally i lugnut on my 85 Ford Mustang one fourth dimension when they all became loose, and all but one had follen off, and the ane that hadn't had ALMOST follen off. Shit was almost a TOTAL disaster, can't imagine my cycle coming off on the freeway. Thankfully I caught information technology in time.

But, one or two lugnuts missing, no large bargain (manifestly don't do information technology indefinately, get that shit fixed).

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• #21

From personal experience: Yes, you can bulldoze with 3. If they are in a triangle design...I wouldn't bulldoze with 3 right in a row.

In my younger, dumber teen years, I had a fast 76 Trans Am. Lug nuts got dicked upwardly. I had enough left for 3 each wheel....so I put them on in that pattern, and collection it....for MONTHS. I went to the drag strip multiple times, ran information technology over 100 mph.

If you have them in a triangle pattern and they're tight, they're not going anywhere.

That said, the official answer from anyone "official" should exist "no", simply that's my real-world experience.

That's unlike than having twoscore% of your studs interruption. It's likely that the same (over)stress has been applied to the remaining studs and they are probably closer to failure than they would be had they simply lost two of the lug nuts.

• #22

That's different than having 40% of your studs break. It'due south likely that the same (over)stress has been applied to the remaining studs and they are probably closer to failure than they would be had they simply lost two of the lug nuts.

Probably true.
And in my case, my other ii studs were there, and I'thou sure that is better than having nothing sticking through the hold. If his were sheared off, the remaining ones might besides be doubtable.

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• #23

A couple of lugnuts missing is 1 matter. They might have but been loose, and you can make sure the remaining nuts are tight and then go replacements for the missing nuts.

A couple of studs sheared off is some other.

The sheared off studs are of considerably greater business concern, imo.

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• #24

This has been an interesting discussion. What strikes me is that OP has never posted anything since the first query nearly a week ago. And then has he lost interest, is confused? Got the problem stock-still? Experienced disaster making further posts impossible?

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