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My 99 Civic LX has a stripped lugnut, the shop tried taking it off and ended up stripping it... Not the lugnut itself, but the stud. It just spins in the hub assembly (Couldn't get it off completely) and now it won't tighten, so it's just floating around in the wheel... So my question is, what's the best least damaging way to get it off? Probably gonna have to destroy my hub cap and cut it off. But can I replace just the stud? or do I need to replace the whole assembly?
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the fronts, most likely you will need to remove the hub to get them out... replace bearing while at it? and put new studs?
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great!
normally, you would need to remove the hub
normally, you would need to remove the hub
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a shop stripped my studs once too...
and did not want to take responsibility... took a year to find a shop that would actually take the job.
took two days for them...
and did not want to take responsibility... took a year to find a shop that would actually take the job.
took two days for them...
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The shop I went to wouldn't... They wanted to replace the hub, bearings, caliper, rotor and pads just to replace a stud they stripped... I told em to eat **** and take responsibility for what they did, and the guy was like that wasn't our fault, blah blah... and when the mechanic drove it around, here said even with me 1200ft lb tool wouldn't get it off....
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and the guy was like that wasn't our fault, blah blah...
If it jammed and stripped or broke during disassembly, the last person who installed (and overtightened) the lugnut is usually the person to blame.
However....some shops won't operate that way, some lack integrity, some egos won't allow some people to admit fault, and lack of understanding of basic mechanical principles causes many others to not believe they could ever be at fault.
If it's been a long while since the car was at that shop, or if you are a floater (one who 'floats' around to various shops, not sticking with a single shop) then they may balk at taking care of it because they can't be positive nobody else touched it since they last had the car....plus it costs them money and time.
So think carefully about who else could also have removed and installed the wheels.
Much of the time, a new stud can be installed without removing the hub from the knuckle and bearing. You sometimes have to be creative to get it done though.
Other times it's impossible to replace a stud without pulling the hub.....and I don't want to guess at what yours is like without seeing it up close first.
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found it - there is a link to a DIY here.
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...eel-studs.html
some additional info from ezone here as well.
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...ease-help.html
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...eel-studs.html
some additional info from ezone here as well.
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...ease-help.html
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