SCRUFFDOGG

Rotated the tires yesterday and broke a stud on my 2002 IS300

Lexus quotes me a minimum of $300 (3 hours), this seems outrageous to me but does anyone have any experience getting one fixed? I'm going to take it to a tire shop first, see what they say.

johnee78

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If your mechanically inclined you could replace it in about 15 min. yourself.Thats how long it took for my LEXUS mechanic to replace it on 93 gs300.

Kyle Harty

iTrader: (17)

Yeah, shouldn't be hard to do. Unless there's something unique about the IS setup, the dealer is trying to bend you over. The stud itself shouldn't cost more than $2 or $3 at a parts store like NAPA. If you've got the tools, remove the wheel and rotor; then knock the broken stud out with a big hammer. Put the new stud in and use a lugnut to fully tighten it into place. It's definitely not a $300 job, so do it yourself or find somewhere else.

SC300Es

Wow, $3 for a part and $297 for labor..That is just outrageous.

Seriously, like Kyle said, it's very easy to do if you know how to remove your brake pads and rotors.

Ed

SCRUFFDOGG

All fixed up, local tire shop did it in a half an hour, $2.50 for the stud and $32.00 for the labor.

Kyle Harty

iTrader: (17)

Now that's more reasonable. Glad it's taken care of.

Din

I broke 5 of them on the same hub once on my SC, the stunds were 1$ each. Labor i did it myself fairly easy.

APLUS

Man take it to a Belle Tire (if you have one near you) and they will fix it for free probaly. When I was in High School I worked at a Belle Tire and fixed broken studs in about 2min.

bitkahuna

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SCRUFF and Din - how did ya break them!?!!?

Din

i had got a flat tire on my rim, when i put the spare on i forgot to remove the hub centric ring so when i was drving the spare was wobble wobble stressed out the lugs, when i went to takethem off they broke off.

so remeber guys if u haVe hub rings to remember to remove them if u put on ur spares .

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

I can see how that can happen! My previous rims had centering rings and I also tried putting on a spare one time without taking the ring off, but fortunately I realized I needed to take it off before I drove off.

Din

yeah lucky me i know how to fix these type of things saved me 500$.

SCRUFFDOGG

It was either defective or someone had over-torqued them previously, I use a torque wrench at 85 ft/lbs and it broke before I even hit 85, the tire shop told me 90 ft/lbs is what they use, and all the others looked good so it's still a mystery.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Factory spec is 76 lb/ft I believe, which is what I use.

SCRUFFDOGG

i wouldn't think 76 to 85 would be the culprit but it's worth looking into, thanks.