After completing my 5spd swap today on my 94 Accord I was double checking the lugs for tight-ness and I snapped a damn wheel stud. When I did my swap I removed the upper/lower control arms and the knuckle all as one piece due to a STUBBORN *** upper and lower ball joint that just refuse to come loose.

I have heated the knuckle up with a propane torch, let PB blaster sit on it for days. Yes I have a pickle fork, yes I have used it, and yes it has honestly bent trying to get these things out.

Suggestions?

On top of that I need to remove my wheel bearing (and preferably not replace it ) to get my new wheel studs in.

Someone please give me some help, I need my car 100% by Wednesday.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/tie-rod...ller-1752.html

This is all you need to separate ball joints and tie-rod ends.

 

Any suggestions on getting the wheel bearing assembly out without damaging it?

 

There are how-to's just search for "rotor replacement" or stuff like that.

 

btw it's not really wheel bearing assembly it's going to be hub assembly.

 

Gotcha, I've looked it up. Seems like the majority of people get four-five inch bolts thread them into the assembly and knock it out with either an impact hammer or some sort of big maul. Off to the hardware store tomorrow!

 

I don't know about you but i have a 97 accord and i don't have to remove the hub assy to put new studs in. Just remove the caliper and heat/debris shield and there is a notch cut out on the back of the spindle to put in the new studs. I haven't done it for a while so i can't tell you exactly how it's done but you can do it without removing the hub.


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i actually just replace all 4 studs on a hub while doing a 5 spd conversion yesterday.
i left the knuckle on the car, took the axle and caliper off and then loosened the 4 bolts that hold the hub in,put an impact socket on and hammered a little on each bolt and the hub popped out, then hammered the studs out, and put the new ones in. i have done them from the rear when it was jsut one before but it was a pain in the *** comapred to doing all 4 while it was all out.

 

Posting this as a reference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=UirzXEmnxVc#

go to 3:33