Until you're stuck because your lugs nuts are swollen and can't be removed to change a flat tire, wheel studs and lug nuts are often ignored.

So, it’s just not safe to “make do with four lug nuts.” Although my wife keeps suggesting I try it. Also, since you tightened ...

Lug nuts keep you safe and can enhance your car's appearance What’s less than ... like because they usually lurked under full-width wheel covers or hubcaps. But today, they’re often nakedly ...

A couple in Vail has a monthly tradition of going out on a date night. The normalcy of their night ended when they came home ...

Typically, just one lug nut on a wheel will be locking, and the rest will be standard. Each set of locking nuts usually comes with a key, or a socket, to fit its specific pattern. “If the car ...

you know that your car doesn’t come with lug nuts, but instead has bolts. You can still use spacers, you just need a different style. Like this two-pack from ZY Wheel, 15 mm spacers that come ...

When a tire shop broke one wheel stud on my 2012 Nissan Sentra when swapping on snow tires recently, it caused the loss of multiple lug nuts and a ... safety until the car was repaired.

I over-tightened a lug nut on an alloy wheel. It seems to have pushed right through the alloy and is up against the metal on the other side. Visit the Car Talk website at www.cartalk.com.

I over-tightened a lug nut on an alloy wheel. It seems to have pushed right through the alloy and is up against the metal on the other ...

Dear Car Talk: I over-tightened a lug nut on an alloy wheel. It seems to have pushed right through the alloy and is up against the metal on the other side.