how do i remove the wheel studs from a 1994 civic ex. i cant get the studs past the hub when i hammer it
and i can't unscrew the bolt in the middle that holds the bearings or anything
does someone know how to do this?

 

you usually have to remove the bearing or at the very least the hub flange that the wheel studs go through. It already sounds like you are in over head, I recommend taking it to a shop. But if you insist, first remove spindle from vehicle. to do this remove upper and lower ball joint nuts and axle nut, along with the caliper. leave the hose bolted to the caliper so you dont have to bleed the brakes later. Then take the spindle over to your shop press, properly support the bearing and use the approperiate dies to push the hub out. hopefully it doesnt destroy the bearing, knock the studs out of the flang and install new ones. then reverse order for installation.....

however on some vehicles (its been a while since I have done a civic) you can grind just a edge off of the new stud and get it past the hub so you dont have to press everything apart.... or buy a hub tamer, but they are like 450$

Are you talking about the front or the rear studs??? If its the rear then you should just be able to knock them out.

 

no need to remove the hub...just take a hammer, knock that old stud out the back, there should be a cut out where you can remove it completely once you knock it loose, put the new one through the hole, then take an extra lugnut with some washers and keep crankin it down till its pressed all the way in.

 

I have a 94 del sol. You cannot hammer them out. There is no slot in the hub where it can be lined up and hammered out. You have to dismantle the whole hub. I suspect his civic is the same as mine.

How much is a new wheel bearing? I need to replace 2 studs. Also what is the advantage to having longer studs?

 

You have to have them to pass tech at the track, and alot of aftermarket drag wheels need them because the hub where they go through is thicker....Im sure you have more clamping force as well because you have more threads holding everything together with the same amount of torque

 

I am agree with courtney42, you don't have enough room to hammer the stud, I am in the same predicament with my front wheel stud, a lot of picture and information on H-T confirm, you need to disassembly the hub flange from the knuckle and use a bearing puller or press machine, still with the risk of damage the bearing, but anyway cut be less expensive than the dealer, $300 dollar just to replace mine

 

if you're not planning on going crazy with it, grinding off a little ear of the stud is fine.

cut the studs in half, pound them out. take the stud and grind enough off the back that it clears the spindle. tighten and away you go.

 

Just take the knuckle off, get new studs and wheel bearing take it to a shop machine shop some place that dose drilling and turning. Around here its about 30 bucks per knucle to replace wheel bearings and they normally will do studs for free since the spindle off

 

Cut off the stud half way and shave off the back at a 45 degree angle. Bang it out with a sledge hammer and a bolt. Then shave off the back of the new one at a 30 degree angle. Use a loose bolt and a lug nut to tighten a new stud in.

 

That suggestion is retarded. Grinding off the back of the stud to gain clearance is dangerous. By creating a flat edge surface each time your lug nuts it will pull on that surface causing minor fracturs and warping on the metal. Eventually this will lead to it breaking and being loose. In the spindle.

It happened to me. Previous owner of my car did that and it failed about two years after I bought the car.