im in the process of changing my wheel studs
to some blox ones
the rears are done
but the fronts are giving me a hastle
how do i take off the wheel hub
i took off the main bolt in the center.
but it wont come off

 

bearing is pressed in. take your knuckle to a shop and have them remove it. they will probably wnat to sell you a new bearing since when you remove the old bearing it may make noise once reinstalled.

so buy two bearings..LF RF.

 

exactly what i was gonna say

 

In thefront, the hub is pressed into the bearing, and the bearing is pressed into the steering knuckle. Have a shop press them out, then intall the extended studs and finally have the shop reassemble everything using new bearings.



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Yep, they pretty much have to come out on a press. Good luck.

That said, I had a shop pull mine out to replace broken studs, and they put them back in without having to replace bearings, no problem. I've been rolling on them for 100K miles since then, so it's possible.

 

you took of the main bolt you mean you removed the axle nut lol, just like stated above you need to press out the hub from the spindle , a simple use of the search function could have done wonders for you but i guess thread count has nothing to do with being a noob or knowledge

 

Theres a tool you can borrow at autozone.. Its like a sliding hammer. You bolt it up with the studs and tighten it. Then you slide the hammer and it bangs the tip creating a pulling motion.

This is a part of the tool:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/cat...productId=2050

 

here's how i did mines...back yard special!!! been rolling on it for 10k + no problems

leave your suspension assembled, just take off the axle nut, caliper and rotor

get a hub puller, the one with 3 claws, just in case if u don't what im talking about, it has 3 claws and a big screw in the middle

put the claw on the hub and start tighten the screw onto the axle (center)

once there's pressure on the hub tap with a hammer and tighten more, repeat as needed, might have to tap harder if it's being a b!tch

the hub will pop off, bang out old studs and install new studs
- i put the studs onto the hub by hand then put a washer over the stud, put a open ended lug nut on and shoot it in with a impact gun which will seat the studs
-if you don't have a impact gun i just give it a good wack on the back side with a nice hammer over my jack handle or what ever works for you, make sure you test fit it first with the rotor, and adjust as need. if it fits the rotor it'll fit the rim

- after your done, carefully slide the hub back on to the hub assembly, careful not to nick the inside bearings with the hub, put the axle nut on and shot it in with the impact or turn it with the wrench.

-you'll hear the hub pop in, once that happens tighten the axle nut and enjoy your new extended studs

hope it helps if you decide to do it yourself...good luck