Wheel nuts threading :/

[capers]

Hi - so today I got around to replacing my drop links and arb bushes. All done.

Then when I was putting the wheel back on I noticed one of the wheel nuts was different to the rest ( and I don't mean the locking nut!) on closer inspection I noticed half the thread was missing from the nut and it refused to tighten. When I tried another nut in the same hole it just started threading it! Managed to put rest of the nuts back on ok but one hole just strips thread.

This is the first time I've had wheels off after buying it 6 months ago so either a surprise from the previous owner or it was done when I had tyres fitted four months ago?

How do I go about replacing the actual part of the wheel that the bolts go into? Is this a separate piece or do I need to replace the whole hub?

Is this problem just one of those to take to a garage!..... cheers

[sepulchrave]

You just need to get a tap run through it, it's probably fouled with metal stripped from the bolts.