HELP!!: Wheel Stud Removal
HELP!!: Wheel Stud Removal Ok, I got a new set of Kumho V700's put on my civic yesterday. I decided to swap out my brake pads today with a set of AEM. So I as i was taking off my front wheel, the lug seemed really tight. Eventually it broke, leaving the wheel stud inside the lug. I decided to remove the rest, which all broke. So i have no freaking usable wheel studs. I've searched and read about hammering them out. I tried hammering them out, but that doesn't work, they just get wedged and won't come all the way out. Does anyone have a detailed way of getting these little b*tches out? Thanks alot!
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I work in the tire and wheel industry and I've broken alot of studs.. It's caused by whoever put the wheels on last they cross-threaded them. sounds like you gotta bring someone who has some kind of welder and knowledge in or tow it somewhere and probably pay a lil bit getting all of them replaced. It seems like the biggest idiot put them on last? Hope it wasn't you 
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nevermind....when in doubt use a blow torch and slide hammer.
nevermind....when in doubt use a blow torch and slide hammer.
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Rep Power: 0 You gotta take off the whole hub, to remove the wheel studs. On some cars, if you're lucky, you are able to bang the stud through, but with our civics, no chance. We have a metal disc behind the hub that blocks the stud from moving all the way out, so the only way is to remove the whole hub.
Trust me, it's not amateur work. I tried to do it myself and you need quite a few tools to do it. You will need an impact wrench to take off the rotor b/c those screws have lock-tite on them and are pretty much rusted on. You will strip the screw if you try to take it off with a screw driver. After you take off the rotor, you will need to take off that huge *** nut in the middle. You will need one hell of a socket and breaker bar to bust that thing off. I got all of that done, and the last thing was to pull off the hub.
I thought it would be easy, but when you pull off the hub, you can possibly pull off the lower control arm off the axle, which is another headache. You need a tool that grips on the disc, not the rotor, the hub I think. It's kind of like an octopus kind of contraption and in the middle is a rod that you bang on that is against the middle of the hub. It slowly knocks off the hub, while keeping the lower control arm in the axle boot.
I never got to using the last tool, and gave up. I gave it to pep boys and they did it for 75 bucks. What a gip, but I had no choice b/c 3 of my studs snapped and driving far with 1 stud is too scary.
Trust me, it's not amateur work. I tried to do it myself and you need quite a few tools to do it. You will need an impact wrench to take off the rotor b/c those screws have lock-tite on them and are pretty much rusted on. You will strip the screw if you try to take it off with a screw driver. After you take off the rotor, you will need to take off that huge *** nut in the middle. You will need one hell of a socket and breaker bar to bust that thing off. I got all of that done, and the last thing was to pull off the hub.
I thought it would be easy, but when you pull off the hub, you can possibly pull off the lower control arm off the axle, which is another headache. You need a tool that grips on the disc, not the rotor, the hub I think. It's kind of like an octopus kind of contraption and in the middle is a rod that you bang on that is against the middle of the hub. It slowly knocks off the hub, while keeping the lower control arm in the axle boot.
I never got to using the last tool, and gave up. I gave it to pep boys and they did it for 75 bucks. What a gip, but I had no choice b/c 3 of my studs snapped and driving far with 1 stud is too scary.
Originally posted by DuYaKnow
You gotta take off the whole hub, to remove the wheel studs. On some cars, if you're lucky, you are able to bang the stud through, but with our civics, no chance. We have a metal disc behind the hub that blocks the stud from moving all the way out, so the only way is to remove the whole hub.
Trust me, it's not amateur work. I tried to do it myself and you need quite a few tools to do it. You will need an impact wrench to take off the rotor b/c those screws have lock-tite on them and are pretty much rusted on. You will strip the screw if you try to take it off with a screw driver. After you take off the rotor, you will need to take off that huge *** nut in the middle. You will need one hell of a socket and breaker bar to bust that thing off. I got all of that done, and the last thing was to pull off the hub.
I thought it would be easy, but when you pull off the hub, you can possibly pull off the lower control arm off the axle, which is another headache. You need a tool that grips on the disc, not the rotor, the hub I think. It's kind of like an octopus kind of contraption and in the middle is a rod that you bang on that is against the middle of the hub. It slowly knocks off the hub, while keeping the lower control arm in the axle boot.
I never got to using the last tool, and gave up. I gave it to pep boys and they did it for 75 bucks. What a gip, but I had no choice b/c 3 of my studs snapped and driving far with 1 stud is too scary.
You gotta take off the whole hub, to remove the wheel studs. On some cars, if you're lucky, you are able to bang the stud through, but with our civics, no chance. We have a metal disc behind the hub that blocks the stud from moving all the way out, so the only way is to remove the whole hub.
Trust me, it's not amateur work. I tried to do it myself and you need quite a few tools to do it. You will need an impact wrench to take off the rotor b/c those screws have lock-tite on them and are pretty much rusted on. You will strip the screw if you try to take it off with a screw driver. After you take off the rotor, you will need to take off that huge *** nut in the middle. You will need one hell of a socket and breaker bar to bust that thing off. I got all of that done, and the last thing was to pull off the hub.
I thought it would be easy, but when you pull off the hub, you can possibly pull off the lower control arm off the axle, which is another headache. You need a tool that grips on the disc, not the rotor, the hub I think. It's kind of like an octopus kind of contraption and in the middle is a rod that you bang on that is against the middle of the hub. It slowly knocks off the hub, while keeping the lower control arm in the axle boot.
I never got to using the last tool, and gave up. I gave it to pep boys and they did it for 75 bucks. What a gip, but I had no choice b/c 3 of my studs snapped and driving far with 1 stud is too scary.
I used a #3 phillips head and the rotor screws came right out. The tool you mentioned is called a axel puller. I used that with a slide hammer to rip the hub out. I banged out the wheel studs, and pushed the new ones through. Then put lots of grade 8 washers over the stud and threaded a open ended lugnut and pressed the new studs. Then I put the old hub back in with a rubber mallet. If anyone needs a better writeup i'd be happy to do it. Oh ya, this way can also be used to install ARP extended wheel studs, or H&R trak+ spacers.
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