What to do if this happens?

Question

one of my friends was putting the lugnuts back on my car to put the tires on and he tighten them so hard that now they dont tighten anymore u just keep going and going around in circles and it never tightens.. or the lugnuts dont fit anymore... what do u have to do if this happens? and what is this called when this happens?

Answer 1

you will have to torch the lug nuts off.  once you get the wheel off, you will need to pull the axle to gain acess to the wheel studs.

Answer 2

He stripped them.

You have to get new studs or disks.....

And get a torque wrench for gods sake. The torque wrench was specifically invented to eliminated the stripping of screws and overtightening.

Answer 3

why would he put the lugs on that tight? you need to buy new studs and new nuts.he stripped the threads.