Ever got your nuts stuck?

LeeroyJenkins

Hi everyone,

genuine question, Have you ever had your wheel nuts stuck on?

I had an unfortunate case last year when getting my 370z first change of tyres.

The car was just over a year old with one previous owner. I believe the garage I bought the car from took the wheels off during 'inspection'. When they put them back on they managed to cross-thread the nut on the wheel stud and totally wrecked it with an air gun.

It was a nightmare to remove and I had to see a specialist (Nuts off in Glasgow highly recommend if you're in Scotland). They removed the whole wheel assembly in one and cut the stud from behind.

One new stud and nut later and I was good to go..... except Mr.NutsOff commented on the same wheel one of the other studs had very minor mark of a previous cross threading attempt.

I know the studs aren't the easiest to line up since they're fairly short and the wheels are fairly big and heavy but it's rather infuriating hidden issue for me to deal with. Interested to hear if this is something I'm going to have to deal with every year or so as it seems impossible to find a tyre garage that refrains from screwing the hell out of every nut like they're some pit crew for *insert your favorite Motorsport here*.