Wheel studs.....again....

[LoJac963]

I hope someone has a little knowledge to help me figure out WTF is going on with my wheel studs.

When I bought my wheels they came with new lugs and socket because the lug nut holes are so narrow. Long story short, I went to remove the wheels a while back and 3 of those lug nuts bound up on the stud threads. Broke 2 studs completely and destroyed the threads on a third stud. Took everything apart and replaced those studs.

I was tired of ripping up the paint on my wheels because the socket is so tight that I ordered new splined lugs online. Same ones in my build thread that I had on my stockers but in chrome. Much skinnier so the splined socket doesn't even come close to touching the sides of the lug holes.

Fast forward to today. I was going to take all my wheels off and run them up to get balanced. Now the other side (passenger) one of the lugs became hard to remove. I forced it off and it destroyed the threads. A second stud broke AGAIN! A third stud started getting hard to remove so I said screw it and tightened it back down. Mind you, these are the new splined lugs.

I'm starting to believe it is not the lugs which are the issue but the studs. This is only happening on the front wheels. There is no problem removing the rear wheels at all.

I never had issues with the factory lugs or the splined lugs on my stock wheels. I doesn't make any sense to me.

Anyone have any ideas??

So now I have to buy another set of lugs and a box of studs since I'm sure these won't be the last to get destroyed when I remove the wheels. Either that or just replace both hubs entirely.