I cant seem to find a post that illustrates hot to do it PROPERLY. I am not interested in grinding the studs. Has anyone seen a good how to around?

Thanks

(i know i spelled the wrong in the title, it wont let me edit that)

 

1. first take the wheel off so you can see the the caliper and the rotor. make sure the car is on stands and not just waving around on a jack.
2. look behind the caliper and use your finger to locate, a pair of bolts behind the caliper... they will be holding the caliper into place on the suface of the rotor, by a simple look and feel you can see these, they should take a 17mm socket undo them and remove the bolts. at this stage you should see the the caliper become loose.
3. remove the caliper by pulling it up and away from the rotor
4. now you can see the rotor remove this it will simply slide away.
5. this will leave the hub exposed and the studs.. you will see that they are wedged into the hub
6. remove the stud/s by hitting them / it with a hammer be carful to not damage the other studs if you just replacing one.
7. there is one spot where the will be a gap and you will be able to get the stud in behind the hub and have a little bit of room, rotate the hub to there, make sure the car is out of gear or this will be very difficult
8 once the stud is in take something you can use as a spacer like a larger then the stud nut. for example and then put one of the wheel nuts on and tighten slightly
9. use a hammer and drive the back of the stud home, and slowly tighten the wheel nut as you go.
10. once this is done your finished put all the bits back together in the opposite order and replace the wheel.

 

Thank You. I have not yet looked at the set-up on the vehicle, but i read that you have to remove the hub to get them out. It's great to hear that is not true!

 

the bolts for step two will mot come off, any ideas?

i tried a 22" breaker bar, and an impact wrench with lots of PB oil

 

They shouldnt be that hard to take off. And an impact wrench wont do anything. They have no torque. Use a impact gun and crank the PSI up on the air lines.

Kev

 

Yeah they shouldn't be that hard, I had to do this when I changed my wheel hubs. I just used an impact wrench with an extension and it worked fine. But if they aren't coming out I wouldn't recommend to keep trying with the impact wrench it'll probably end up stripping the bolt.

 

okay i got the bolts out but in step seven where it is mentioned that there is a spot that the studs can be removed through. i either cant find it or its not there. i have removed many studs on many cars but i dont see it does this mean i need to remove the hub?

 

You need to press out the hub or cut the end off the stud drive it back through and then grind a little off side the head of the new studs

 

Try turning the steering wheel another direction