Well, they stripped another stud on my XJ6 and now the lug just spins. Anyone have a good way to get the lug off and anyone parting a car that is willing to sell them. Just another part that I forgot to take off the parts care. I looked on E-bay and not willing to pay $15 a stud. I also heard that the newer ones are not as good as the originals.

 

A tyre guy did that to me a few years ago. I gave him the service handbook which specifies wheelnut torque (88-102Nm from memory, for alloy wheeled X300s).
however he ignored it, googled newer specs for (I think) an X type, and did them up to about 120Nm.
I needed a secondhand hub.

Now I always make them write the torque down on their booking sheet when I get new tyres.

 

You need one of these bad boys in your glove box with your locking nut. I always hand any garage both and tell them to use it when tightening lug nuts. It will only allow them to tighten it up to spec and not a nm more.

 

Where and what is it called

 

No recommendations on how to get the lug off and where to get them?

 

It's a 1/2 torque limiting extension bar, not sure on how to remove the lug off, when you say they stripped it, do you mean they stripped the threads and the lug nut spins? There is a chrome insert on it, you could remove it first and inspect it that way.

 

Yea just spinning and it is not the chrome piece. I am pretty sure the lug is stripped

 

I still have the stripped lug on. Here is what happened. So my local mechanic stripped the whole stud. SO they went out and found a replacement. I noticed when I pulled my tire off that one lug, the one that they replaced, was a little longer than the others. They were so proud that they found a replacement. Well, I did not think anything of it. SO I put the tire on got out my trusty torque wrench and started to tighten them. Well, when I came to the new stud I went to tighten it and it would never tighten. So I went to back it off and it would not back off either. So now it is stuck.

Any ideas on how to get it off.

 

It might be time to break out your drill.......
If the splines which stop the stud from turning are stripped, which it sounds like they are, you will need to lock the back of the new stud with a bit of weld, or locate a new hub. No fun at all.

 

I dont think the actual stud is striped. I think the lug is stripped. Since the stud is too long I think the lug got to a point and then stripped. I need to figure out how to get the lug off. I am not worried about breaking the lug since I have a lot of extra ones. I need to get the lug off so that I can pull the stud off.