Torqueing a hot wheel/rim...good or bad

Yeah, i broke it while taking it off lol, and no the last person who put it on i believe was when i got my ballpoints/tie-rods done.
It made about 3 full turns as the other 3 lug-nuts, then it started getting tighter, for a second i thought i was spinning the wrench the wrong way but i wasn't. Thinking the threads were a bit messed up possibly or had grime on them i thought of giving it some more arm force and it budged a little, i gave it more and it came off...i looked at the lug, and saw the stud stuck inside lol. Then i believe i cursed about 4-5 times and got some neighbors looking. Pissed off I put the wheel back on and just said "fack it" to what i wanted to do to start with "paint the calipers and drums".

Anyways to get back on topic, thanks for responses i ended up checking the torque on them in the morning today again just for paranoia sake.

That guy is the culprit then. They don't randomly decided to cross thread. But nothing you can do now.

Sketch o5 said:

he probably put it straight on with a gun, without threading it on by hand first so its right haha.​

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yep. or didn't thread it on by hand more than a half thread.

the last people that touched my brother wheel was *gasp* Wal Mart.

they ended up paying for the stud and the labor to repair it too.

Edit: This was before the Evil Empire Wal Mart, nearly 20 years ago. You know, when they still had things made in the US on the shelves.