Over my career, I have seen firsthand the damage that failed lug nuts and wheel studs can cause and the havoc they can wreak. Read along to learn about lug nut swelling, what to do if your lug ...

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. Is there a fix for this? The rest of the lug nuts are OK.

Locking lug nuts are designed to prevent wheels from getting stolen. Typically, just one lug nut on a wheel will be locking, and the rest will be standard. Each set of locking nuts usually comes ...

Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the wheels on your car. Though the penalty for failure is certainly higher in the latter than in ...