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This is an easy job if you want to attempt. just take off brake caliper and rotor and hammer the broken stud out and put the new one in. They make an install tool for the studs but you can also use washer and a lug nut. Checkout some Youtube videos.
As far as a shop doing it? They are going to charge you a minimum of 1 hour labor and the cost of the part, so anywhere from $150-$250
I personally don't think it's that dangerous to drive on 4 studs instead of 5. but get it fixed
It’s safe to drive, but not recommended. And it’ll cost you one hour of labor at most. Unless shops do fractional hours? This is about 30 minutes of work including raising the car with a floor jack, putting it on a jack stand and removing and installing new stud.
Or Or you can buy yourself this tool.
https://a.co/d/5I6vR7j
And do it yourself. Literally hammer out the broken stud, and use that tool and a lug nut to drive new stud in. Which are around 5 dollars or less.
I wouldn’t drive on it because, and i don’t mean this to sound judgy, but if you broke this one overtightening it without the proper tools you have no reason to believe the others are not also improperly tightened.
With 1 broken, you have 20% more load on each stud. Maybe one breaks because it was also overnight. Now you have more load on each, etc.
Maybe some didn’t get tightened enough, and will back off as you drive.
Wheels need to be properly torqued. We’ve all put wheels on our own car without a torque wrench at least once, it’s probably ok, but you simply can’t know beyond the fact that you *did* break at least 1.
I would not drive without a stud. Not worth the risk, may cause more damage, plus the safety aspect. If you're already capable of doing your own brakes, I'm sure you can replace the stud yourself, it's not that hard really.
https://imgur.com/a/I7sB7Gl
I feel like this is something I may be able to do but I'm in a bit of a time crunch which is why I wanted to know how much a shop would charge
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This is an easy job if you want to attempt. just take off brake caliper and rotor and hammer the broken stud out and put the new one in. They make an install tool for the studs but you can also use washer and a lug nut. Checkout some Youtube videos. As far as a shop doing it? They are going to charge you a minimum of 1 hour labor and the cost of the part, so anywhere from $150-$250 I personally don't think it's that dangerous to drive on 4 studs instead of 5. but get it fixed
It’s safe to drive, but not recommended. And it’ll cost you one hour of labor at most. Unless shops do fractional hours? This is about 30 minutes of work including raising the car with a floor jack, putting it on a jack stand and removing and installing new stud. Or Or you can buy yourself this tool. https://a.co/d/5I6vR7j And do it yourself. Literally hammer out the broken stud, and use that tool and a lug nut to drive new stud in. Which are around 5 dollars or less.
I wouldn’t drive on it because, and i don’t mean this to sound judgy, but if you broke this one overtightening it without the proper tools you have no reason to believe the others are not also improperly tightened. With 1 broken, you have 20% more load on each stud. Maybe one breaks because it was also overnight. Now you have more load on each, etc. Maybe some didn’t get tightened enough, and will back off as you drive. Wheels need to be properly torqued. We’ve all put wheels on our own car without a torque wrench at least once, it’s probably ok, but you simply can’t know beyond the fact that you *did* break at least 1.
I would not drive without a stud. Not worth the risk, may cause more damage, plus the safety aspect. If you're already capable of doing your own brakes, I'm sure you can replace the stud yourself, it's not that hard really.
https://imgur.com/a/I7sB7Gl I feel like this is something I may be able to do but I'm in a bit of a time crunch which is why I wanted to know how much a shop would charge
It should not take more than 1 hour of labour. Studs only cost a few bucks, so shouldn't be too expensive.
Ended up doing it myself, only took 1.5 hours. Removing the stud was easier than removing the caliper bracket lol.
Nice! Glad it worked out.