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I over-tightened a wheel nut on my 2017 TLX. Although, I was using a torque wrench, the wheel stud got broken. The service first estimated it as an 1-hour labor to replace the stud but after inspection they said that they have to replace the wheel hub, bearings and speed sensor and then do wheel alignment.
It is stupid but not uncommon to break a wheel stud. I wonder why that cause such damage and they can not just replace the stud.
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It did not cause any damage.
It sounds like they do not have a supplier for the stud, so they’re going to charge you for a new hub assembly, which includes the ABS sensor.
An Acura dealership parts dept. should be able to order a replacement stud, if they don’t already have them on hand.
Contact the nearest Acura dealership and get a quote from them, instead.Assuming this is not a dealership….I would not be putting an aftermarket hub on a 2017 car and certainly would not be replacing an entire hub assembly for a broken stud.
A stud breaks when using a torque wrench because the lug nut was cross threaded or the stud was damaged by an impact.It would result in better help if you tell people the make and model, rather than just the model.
It also helps to add engine size and whether or not it’s 2 wheel drive, when 4 wheel drive is an option.
Believe it or not, studs can be different front/rear or different for different engines, as well as 2WD versus 4WD.It’s an Acura TLX 2017 – Tech 2-WD. That was an Acura service and I even bought the stud from them, and tried another car service. They said the same thing “Broken stud can’t come out because it binds on the hub”.
Is there a chance that they did the damage to the hub when they tried to remove the stud?Were you switching over to steel rims for winter driving? Wheel nuts for alloy rims generally have a different seating taper than nuts for steel rims. You have to use the right nuts for the right rims.
Acura Legend hubs (I know you have a TLX) were designed so that the hub needs to be disassembled in order to replace a stud, so it’s possible that this is also the case with your TLX.
Try another Acura dealership and if they tell you all the same things, then it would seem to be true.
Perhaps a call to Acura headquarters would yield the answer.
A factory service manual would have a definitive answer.A number of fwd cars have spindles that taper away from the hub, leaving too little room to draw a new stud in. In many cases, using a grinder to grind off one part of the back of the new stud may allow it to slip into place around the taper if the spindle.
So new with a broken stud. Have you searched the recall list on your model to see if this may be covered?
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