MiX

How hard is it to change the sutds that the lug nuts go on?

2 of mine are stripped.

I swear how long it take to be a member

Street Ghost

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MiX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How hard is it to change the sutds that the lug nuts go on?

2 of mine are stripped.

I swear how long it take to be a member</TD></TR></TABLE>

You already are a member.

Also, I heard changing studs can be a pain in the ***. You have to pound them out and then pound new ones in. Do a search, you might find some info on changing studs b/c I've seen them before on here. Good luck.

3 G's

You pound the fack out of the stripped studs to get them out. To get the new one in, I just tapped it gently back in and although it didn't seat all the way in, I just put the wheel and lugs back on to pull the stud all the way in.

But yeah, search please

gymway

I had the same problem with a couple stripped studs on the front of my 92 civic. The problem is, unless you wanna press out the wheel bearing (which will probably need to be replaced afterwards) thus, pressing apart the whole wheel block, It can be quite a bitch. The problem is, the studs will bang out to a point, but the back of the block slopes outward, so right before you get the stud out, its rear lip will catch preventing you from getting it the rest of the way out. I figured the easiet way to get them out without pressing the block apart is to get a good drill with a metal grinding disk and just grind the hell out of the lip on the back of the stud until one side is flat. This will give you the extra bit of clearence needed to bang out the stud. Of course, you will have to grind a side off the lip of the new studs, but it's possible to do it and still have more than enough lip for safety.

jdm civic 2000

in stead of "pounding" the stud ,us a air hammer,because "pounding on the spindle ,may bend it or ruin your wheel bearing,it is fairly easy to do using an air hammer