Replacing front wheel studs

[chrisd0729]

Any hints or tips? I'm planning to do this later tonight and hoping they'll come out without needing a press or any other tools besides a hammer.
TIA

 

[MATT76]

I used a baby sledge and a special drift that I made for the job. Beat the sh*t out of them. The drift helped, in that I didn't scar the rotor, but I never could get that extra 1/16th" bite I needed to feel good about it. Finally went to a brake shop and had them press the studs the rest of the way in. No charge as I did most of the work myself. If I could do it over, I'd take the rotors to a shop to do the work first.

 

[kens71]

stud removal

When i did mine they were really tight.While using a press the center section was deflecting from the pressure. I carefully heated the area with a torch and they popped right out. Don't heat it til its red just warm it up good.

 

[chrisd0729]

I got the 2 studs out fine with a mini sledge and a home made drift tonight but, I couldn't get the new studs back in. I'll have to pull the hub and get it over to the machine shop to press them in.

Chris

 

[FNG]

Just a few hints that I learned the hard way. A little penitrating oil and a good mini sledge will get them out. Don't re-use any of the old studs. When putting in the new ones get them pressed. If you don't make sure they are seated all the way. When I was in college I thought I would save a few dollars and press them in myself. I didn't get them in all the way. I was driving down the freeway when I felt this vibration on the left front. Then my 36" BFG, driver side front, came off and flew accross the median hitting a mortuary van that was transporting cadavers to the funural home. The tire ripped off the driver door and caused him to spin. The back door of his van came open and the body's went flying. Mean while I'm watching this in horror while tying to keep my 64 Ford 4x4 1 ton on the rode with one front tire.
That took a little explaining to the insurance company the next day.

 

[67ster]

I have used the sledge method and it is OK in a pinch . To get them back in ,I used a spacer and backward lug nut with an impact wrench , they seated just fine BUT a press is the best method .