hey guys, I have a problem.

I was taking my wheel off for the very first time after buying the car, and the wheel stud on the right front tire was striped. So, I took the wheel, rotor, caliper&bracket off. Then I unscrewed the 32 mm nut, and I still cant get enough from for the wheel stud to be hammered out, and a new one put in. What do I need to take off next? any tips/tricks?
Thanks

 

I also would like help with this, i've been driving around for 2 weeks with only 3 studs on my driver front.

 

The back you can fit a new stud in without pulling off the hub, but the front just take it to a shop cause it's a biiiiiitch.

 

how much would it cost for a shop to do it????????

 

the whole steering knucle needs to come off and the wheel hub needs to be pressed out, and then you probably need to have new bearings pressed in and then the new wheel studs can be put it.. if you do this.. i recommend ARP Extended wheel studs so that you WON'T have to do this again..

I bought and tried to do it myself.. and said F*** it because you will not be able to do it yourself unless you have a a large press.

not sure how much a shop will cost.. probably atleast $50 and up.

 

There is a way to do it yourself where you pry the dust shield off and hammer the old bolt out and the new one in, but as people said, it's a pain so just have a shop do it. NAPA presses stuff in/out for $25 a pop.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92integraVTECgsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the whole steering knucle needs to come off and the wheel hub needs to be pressed out, and then you probably need to have new bearings pressed in and then the new wheel studs can be put it.. if you do this.. i recommend ARP Extended wheel studs so that you WON'T have to do this again..

I bought and tried to do it myself.. and said F*** it because you will not be able to do it yourself unless you have a a large press.

not sure how much a shop will cost.. probably atleast $50 and up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you dont need a press. Its actually pretty easy to remove the hub. You need a fat hammer and a large socket...much larger then your axle nut socket. Place it on your hub and just pound it out but make you take out the ring around the hub. Once its out, you can see the bearings and the hub, so again pound out your stud and pound the new one stud back in and replace it with your new stud.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CNSK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you dont need a press. Its actually pretty easy to remove the hub. You need a fat hammer and a large socket...much larger then your axle nut socket. Place it on your hub and just pound it out but make you take out the ring around the hub. Once its out, you can see the bearings and the hub, so again pound out your stud and pound the new one stud back in and replace it with your new stud. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You got any pics of doing it that method... doesnt sound too hard...just a little confused on your wording.

 

i know its actually a bit confusing..but just PM me....Ill walk you through it..

 

i just took my car in to fix 2 studs cost me $50 for both . when some asses took my wheels they broke them.

 

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Where did you go to? a local shop or what? I was thinking about just taking the hub assembly apart myself and taking it up to the shop and then having them put the new stud in for me so it will be much cheaper than taking the whole car and having them do it all.

 

yeah it was local shop . if you going to take things apart, maybe you should just do it yourself . i didnt have the time to try .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chasedatteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah it was local shop . if you going to take things apart, maybe you should just do it yourself . i didnt have the time to try .</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have tried to do it myself at my work, but we don't have the tools necessary for the job, such as a bearing press. We couldn't even get the wheel bearing to come out.

 

Sears sells brass taps that are soft enough not to damage new bearings but still firm enough to push old ones out and new ones in. I don't remember if you're supposed to use dead-blow hammers only or not with them because I don't.

 

its hard in the front tires cuz the hub is right behind it .... you have to take the spindal out . it sucks . just take the car to a shop . shouldnt cost too much . they did all four for $50 for me .