cocokid
Junior Member
so i just got some tires to replace my worn ones, and wouldnt you guess it the person who was changin my tires around sheared off the nut so its almost flush with the wheel so it cant grab onto anything anymore.. any ideas that wont cause any damage to the wheel, and minimal/no damage to other parts? id prefer not to drill it cause.. well damn thats a long stud.. but not against it. i figured torching it would be a good idea but would probably scorch the hell out of the wheel and dont wanna drive around looking like part of my truck was on fire. a friend suggested heating it up and taking a chisel and hammer and try to seperate the outer edge of the remaining nut and the inside of the wheel as he said hes gotten a few off like that but as i said id like not scorching up my wheel if i can help it. and unrelated i have a 2nd issue im unsure of and thinking its a solenoid issue with the tranny. when i go to hammer on it on the hwy to pass or get on the hwy it downshifts normal but will just redline til you let go or til the engine lets go. any ideas on this? ive changed the batter 2 times, once because a shop owner told me that a bad battery can cause the engine to run rich and give firing codes like crazy, and it fixed it. then it would just die after a day or 2 of no use so well another one! (previous batter was halfway through its life anyway) and got a new big 810 CCA battery and now the cruise control works right! (didnt before this last battery swap) and it even shifted when i hammered on the gas. but i just noticed on the way back from the shop after the lug nut catastrophe that my check engine light came back on, and i was back to redlining but still have cruise control..