changing wheel studs ?
11-10-2001, 09:43 PM
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changing wheel studs ?
changing wheel studs ?
last time car was in the shop they stripped the heck out of my stud (front wheel). darn thing snapped off when I tried to remove it.
How hard is it to change?
btw: how safe is it riding on only 4 studs?
Hamett
last time car was in the shop they stripped the heck out of my stud (front wheel). darn thing snapped off when I tried to remove it.
How hard is it to change?
btw: how safe is it riding on only 4 studs?
Hamett
11-11-2001, 10:46 AM
#3
Take off the wheel, then the caliper and bracket, then the rotor. Then just bang the old stud out with a hammer.
Put the new one in, bang it in as well as you can, then tighten a lugnut down on it without putting the wheel back on, this will get it all the way in. Then reassemble your brakes and you are all set.
Put the new one in, bang it in as well as you can, then tighten a lugnut down on it without putting the wheel back on, this will get it all the way in. Then reassemble your brakes and you are all set.
11-11-2001, 11:03 AM
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Riding on 4 studs is fine...
until you get it fixed. Just don't race and rake bumps slowly is what my mechanic said when I broke one. Firestone replaced my stud for $40 including the stud and I didn't mind paying a little to get a warranty behind it. After all, they are the only things that keep your wheels on the road.
-Cyrus
-Cyrus
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