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I was changing my tire last night and while taking off one of the lug nuts, the damn stud broke off with the lug nut. Now I have a tire with 4 lugs holding it on.
Question 1 : How easy or hard is it to replace a stud? what is involved?
Question 2: Is driving around on 4 lug nuts for a small time dangerous?
Thanks
New Toy Red 94 Formula LT1
RT: .0006 60': 1.894 1/8 mile: 8.351 @ 84.89 1/4 mile: 12.974 @ 107.81
crashed Red 96 Camaro 3.8l: 14.91 @ 92.38
The ex wife's Black 98 Firebird 3.8l: 15.23 @ 88.12
driving around on 4 lugs is just fine for a short period of time....I wouldnt take a 4 hour ride on it though....changing a stud is very simple...remove your tire, remove your brake caliper and the caliper bracket, your rotor should then slide off, once you get to this point its easy, pound out the old stud with a hammer, you might need something pointy depending on where it broke, slide your new stud in from the back you might hve to turn it a certain way, just look at it....get it pushed through a little make sure the grooves line up with the existing ones...put a lug nut on the stud, and with an impact gun slowly tighten the lug making sure it is getting seated straight....after that put your brakes back on and your tire and your done...nothing to it really
If it's the rear wheel, you'll need to pull the axle to replace the stud.
But, (like said above) it's okay to drive for a few miles here and there. Just don't go with any long trips anytime soon on 4 studs.
New Toy Red 94 Formula LT1
RT: .0006 60': 1.894 1/8 mile: 8.351 @ 84.89 1/4 mile: 12.974 @ 107.81
crashed Red 96 Camaro 3.8l: 14.91 @ 92.38
The ex wife's Black 98 Firebird 3.8l: 15.23 @ 88.12
Whoa fellas. Fronts you might not have to pull the caliper / rotor, just smack the piece with a hammer, and use washers and a lug nut to pull the new one in.
Similar for the rear -- pull the drum (turn off parking brake and drum should come right out), smack the piece with a hammer, and there should be an access slot at some point in the rotation -- fish the old out and the new stud in. For longer (i.e. ARP / etc.) studs, pulling the axle is required, but not for stock ones.
Originally posted by hockeyman: If it's the rear wheel, you'll need to pull the axle to replace the stud.
Ive broken 4 wheels studs on my car, 3 in the rear and 1 in the front, the axles never moved....there is an access port, it wont jump out at you but there is an access port ;)
Ive broken 4 wheels studs on my car, 3 in the rear and 1 in the front, the axles never moved....there is an access port, it wont jump out at you but there is an access port ;)
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but where is this access port? do you have any pictures of it? I just stripped mine some how and need to get it replaced. so is all you do is just whack is it with a hammer?
same here. anybody got a pic or a general description of where this access hole for the rear is at? i need to replace my studs too and would appreciate some help. 95 camaro w/ drum brakes. thanks in advance.
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