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Rice Cooker
Join Date: May 2002
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Unanswered: Replacing Rear Lug Studs
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Old Opeler
Join Date: Jun 2003
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The "Hard" Way
It is always better to replace wheel studs the "Hard" way in a floor press with the axles out.
1) 'Bashing' the studs out on the car cab bend the axle flange and damage bearings. 2) Pulling new ones in with an impact wrench often over-stresses the threads and damages them. It is also much harder to get the heads seated properly. 3) When the old studs are pressed out it is always a good idea to check the axle to see if it is bent any where and to 'true-up' the wheel mounting flange before replacing the studs in a press. Axles are often badly bent by "POs" running into curbs and over large obstacles Why put new 'damaged' studs in ??
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