like the title says i wanted to get some extende lug nuts like arp once.. but i dont no how to install them. so i want figure it out before i buy them.. any web pages would be great..

 

almost positive you got pull the font hubs off wich requires a press which means you gota take the whole knuckle off but the rear is easy just take off the huge nut and the hub will come off. never done fronts though but thats what it looks like.

 

you have to pull the rotors and press each stud out...yeah, you'll need a press.

 

Heres the short version and the right way to do it. Remove knuckle and hub assembly. Press out hub, cut off inner race of wheel bearing on the hub. There is likely a large snap ring you will need to remove as well. Press in new wheel bearing and hub assembly with new studs. I highly doubt that you can remove the rotor and "sneak" the extended studs between the hub and the knuckle. hth

I highly recommend installing new wheel bearings since the bearing comes apart when you press out the hub.

 

ideally, you need to press the FRONT hub out of the knuckle/bearing. then you press the old studs out and back in and press the hub back in.

this is the best way.

you REALLY shouldnt hammer a stud in or out, at least while its still on the knuckle/spindle. it KILLS bearings. ive killed two bearings doing this. i just got done replacing a front bearing. this is what the inner race looked like on the rear bearing when i replaced it.



some ppl will recommend cutting away some material on the knuckle and/or each stud to not have to remove the front hub. i guess thats ok, although id rather just cut off enough material from the knuckle than each stud. but then i dont like the idea of ppl using washers and torquing the lugnut to tighten the stud because that just stretches the stud. its against the whole reason for only torquing a lugnut to spec at 80 ft-lbs. use a C-clamp at least to fully press the stud into the hub.

the rear is easier to remove the hub. you just remove the axle nut and you can pull the whole bearing/hub out, its integrated.

 

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some ppl will recommend cutting away some material on the knuckle and/or each stud to not have to remove the front hub. i guess thats ok, although id rather just cut off enough material from the knuckle than each stud. but then i dont like the idea of ppl using washers and torquing the lugnut to tighten the stud because that just stretches the stud. its against the whole reason for only torquing a lugnut to spec at 80 ft-lbs. use a C-clamp at least to fully press the stud into the hub.

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Ideally, yes press hub in/out... Or be ghetto and get a decent sized slide hammer and it comes right out and back in no problem...

The stud itself, I have replaced on my old EG by means of grinding off some to get it to slide it, but found that on my EF it's not as easy, not much of a angle to where you can even get a grinded part to fit it, let alone an extended one.

 

what about if i just get a bick sledge hammer and bang the that mother ***** sould the hub pop right of? you know bang the lug nut? what about putting it back in together... what do you guys mean by press?