Re: !!!! IS 4 NUTS ON A 5 LUG RIM OK ????

Jul 17, 2003 1 Replies



> > I just installed a 1 1/4"spacers/adapters on my Caprice and as I
> > was taking one of the nuts off the old lugs, it stripped. As I was trying
> to
> > put the nut back in the lug to hold the spacer, it was hard to go in and > it
> > wouldn't go all the way in, and since it had to, so that the wheel would
> > sit flat against the hub, it heated up and broke. Now I got the spacer > with
> > 4 lugs but the the wheel has all 5 bolted on to the spacer. Is this a big
> > problem or can it come off? Or can I drive it like that for a while? > Thanks.
> >
> >
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> Considering the safety and liability issues, I can't imagine anybody in
> their right mind telling you it's ok to drive it with a lugnut and stud
> missing. Especially if it has spacers. Fix it first.
>
> Dave
>
>

Studs and lugs are cheap, and fairly simple to put it (of course on MOST cars) Fix it now or pay to get the major damaged fixed later when the wheel (may or may not) come off. Have a family that rides in that car? If so it is a no brainer. $5 for parts now, or $500+ later

I have to ask....did you put wheels on a Caprice that stick out way past the fender wells making the suspension and handling virtually useless?? Or are they spacers to put on a different bolt pattern wheel??

John

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