HELP replacing lug bolts, having trouble

i broke off a lug bolt while changing the brakes on a 2003 santa fe,
after i removed the rotor in order to get to the lug bolts, i noticed
that the bolts still arent free enough to tap out and replace, the
"hub" (maybe?) that they are threaded through in which the axel is
splined through is too close to a dust shield that prevents the lug
bolts from backing out, the little lip on the bolts are just big
enough to NOT let them be removed, without taking off whatever they
are threaded though. i tapped out the broken bolt and it cant back
out far enough to allow the ridgid little teeth that are on the bolt
head to allow for some wriggle room. but just plainly put, you cant
back out the lug bolts without taking something other than the rotor
off, but i dont know how to take whatever is left off. i have a hub
puller and when i tryed to pull the part (that the bolts are threaded
through) it just pushed the axel further and further back inside the
housing, i was afraid that i was gonna break something or push the
axel all the way out of the bearings...can anyone let me know what i
need to do?

thanks in advance.

p.s. how safe is the wheel (front right) with just 4/5 lug nuts
tightened? is it that dangerous with one lug not attached?

 

Dogbyte, I would think you would be safe with 4 outta five BUT !!! I would
get the buted one fixed. You see cars all the time with only 4 lugnuts and
sometimes only 3 but these guys are an accident looking for a place to
happen.....

Heres one for ya
A guy has a flat tire, he is on the top of a hill, he puts all the lug nuts
in the hubcap and sets them in back of him, he pulls the flat tire off and
steps on the hubcap and hubcap and lugnuts go rolling down the hill and ends
up in a pond at the bottom of the hill !!!!!!!!


NICE HUH ?? Well what does he do ?

I know EVERYBODY here knows the answer so I wont post it.

Tunez

 

If you've taken the caliper mounting bracket off and still cannot get the
stud to clear, you might try cutting off more of the broken stud. If the
new one won't quite fit in, you can sometimes grind a flat spot on one
side of the lip to allow it to slip into place.

You should always have all lug nuts in place. Using fewer than the
vehicle has should only be done in an emergency and only long enough to
get the vehicle to wherever it's to be fixed.

 

do you think those lugs can be cut with a reciprocating saw or
hacksaw? I did notice that if i could somehow get the old broken lug
out, that i might just grind down about a 1/8 inch off one side of the
lug head so it can slip by and seat down in the hole. man if they
could have just made the bolt pattern about a 1/4 inch wider, then all
of the lugs would be able to clear the obstruction. thanks for the
input though, i guess also i could maybe get a file and try and file
down the inside corner of the lug head to help it slip out too.

 

If you've got an appropriate reciprocating saw it might work. I've never
even thought about that. Hacksaw will do it, but it'll take awhile.
Sometimes I forget that not everyone has access to air tools.