Broken Lug

[brandonse]

ok, i just bought this car, and i was going to rotate the tires and one lug is broken right inside the wheel, where i cant reall get at it.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to get it off without doin much damage to the wheel ( 17" motegi rims).......

[HondaME]

so you is the lug bent with the nut still on it?

[brandonse]

its one of the "special" lugs that needs a special socket just to remove them,...and they broke the lug nut off right at the end of it, to where all you can see is the very end of it, that presses the wheel to the hub

[EyesofFreedom]

Using a strong material center punch you can knock it out with a hammer...

You can reinstall these by using a scrificial lug nut and five washers...just put the new one in and then put on some washers and then the nut and tighten it up to pull it in...then pop it loose and pull off a washer and do it again.

Keep doing this until you do it with out any washers and then you are done...just be sure to throw the lugnut away because you will have torqued it so many times it is not safe to keep using it!