I shot my own FOOT! NEGLIGENCE!!!

[ShadowBlack XL440]

How? How do you expect them to be able to do that? The sensor package to detect the minute stretch of the stud, which indicates torque, would be too sensitive and expensive to slap in a wheel hub. Unless there is something I am missing.

Missed the sarcasm obviously.

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[gp1200x]

I think that’s somewhat overstated. The parts to repair that would be $128.

For a DIY backyard mechanic it should cost just $5 for lug and a half hour of personal time if the lug was removable, otherwise it's now at least your $128+. If a homeowner needs to take it to a shop to do it the prices will be marked up and probably an hour of shop time......so it would probably be at the very least $200 but more like $300 by the time the car is out of the shop. All for a simple crossthreaded lug nut. I just did two on a Highlander...$6 for the lugs and less than 20 minutes to fix since they were easily punched out.

 

[MankDeems]

I think that’s somewhat overstated. The parts to repair that would be $128.

Local dealership quote was $120 for the bearing and $140 for the hub itself. I would have replaced both if I pressed the bearing but I figure the whole spindle is just as good

 

[Col1981]

For a DIY backyard mechanic it should cost just $5 for lug and a half hour of personal time if the lug was removable, otherwise it's now at least your $128+. If a homeowner needs to take it to a shop to do it the prices will be marked up and probably an hour of shop time......so it would probably be at the very least $200 but more like $300 by the time the car is out of the shop. All for a simple crossthreaded lug nut. I just did two on a Highlander...$6 for the lugs and less than 20 minutes to fix since they were easily punched out.

the lesson is don’t be a dummy. A “homeowner” as you call it is never going to take their wheels off anyway and if a shop cross threads a lug nut it’s on them. if you cross thread your lug nuts and it sounds like you have or don’t tighten them like the op you get the dummy award and get to pay for the parts, and labor if your a “homeowner”. And they weren’t my prices they were from a ford oem parts dealer. It’s a common design, it’s not a Toyota, not that big a deal unless your the kind of person who likes to complain about bs.

 

[Col1981]

Local dealership quote was $120 for the bearing and $140 for the hub itself. I would have replaced both if I pressed the bearing but I figure the whole spindle is just as good

 

[gp1200x]

the lesson is don’t be a dummy. A “homeowner” as you call it is never going to take their wheels off anyway and if a shop cross threads a lug nut it’s on them. if you cross thread your lug nuts and it sounds like you have or don’t tighten them like the op you get the dummy award and get to pay for the parts, and labor if your a “homeowner”. And they weren’t my prices they were from a ford oem parts dealer. It’s a common design, it’s not a Toyota, not that big a deal unless your the kind of person who likes to complain about bs.

Good luck trying to get a shop to pay for a wheel repair since you won't even know about it usually until months or possibly years later. I have multiple cars and some nice vehicles and do most of my own work and mods in my spare time. I never use power tools on wheel lugs so I never cross thread them. I work on relatives cars to save them $$$ and those are the ones that usually end up with a cross threaded lugnut from places like Sams, Costco and Walmart. No one is going to tell you if they did it since they will just use additional torque to tighten it. Even if a shop finds one they are not going to repair it for free. If Ford simply designs a groove into the bearing hub they could eliminate the issue completely since their lugs are splined and pressed like all the others. Any backyard mechanic with a garage full of tools is going to do his own brake jobs.

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