yellowssm

This past Sunday I was going to adjust my coilovers. I am startingto take the lug nuts off starting with the wheel lock and snap broke the wheel lock key. I was like WTF (damn i'm strong )
I know I undid the lock a little, but not enough to retighten.

I get to work monday call Mcgard to overnight a new wheel lock and wheel lock key.

Tuesdays I get the lock and Key go to my car to put them on. I notice one of the lug nuts are missing, and the other 3 lugs/1wheel lock are real real loose. If I was driving any longer my wheel/tire would have come off. Since I lost a lug nut I put the other lock on the the wheel and tighten everything down with a torque wrench. So now on that wheel I am running 2 locks and 3 lugs.

My question is: Driving for 2 days or so what could I have damaged? What should I check for tonight when I go home and remove the wheel? The car seems to drive fine, just the ocasional slight steering wheel shake at certain speeds (it has always done this since I have put on my 19 inch Volks). If it matters, the lug nuts and wheels locks are the Mcgard ones that there was a group buy on.

TIA

Dabigman

Check your wheel for fractures around the lug holes and inspect the threads on your spindle for cross threading or other damage.

4TehNguyen

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studs could possibly gotten damaged the the wheel was loose on them

onihc

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my friend had this problem, but worse. It was a civic with 4 bolt pattern. 3 lug nuts were missing, either fell off or stolen. He drove the car maybe a day or two. Put other three lug and snapped all three bolts. The 3 lug holes on the wheel became oval from the grinding.

Ramon

Having the weight distributed between 4 lugs versus 1 luck for your friends civic is totally different. I've drivin around for a few days with 1 lug missing from a 5 lug setup and never ran accross any issues. YMMV.