I was a victim of a broken wheel stud yesterday. It happened when I was mounting my wheels. This was the first time I tightened my lugs without my torque wrench, and unfortunately that was all she wrote (my torque wrench broke not too long ago). I guess I overtightened it without knowing. Only the tip of the stud broke off, so the remaining stud is almost flush with the rim.

Has anyone ever replaced a stud before? I bought a wheel stud from Honda this morning and I don't want to attempt to remedy the situation pretending to know what I'm doing. Also, do I absolutely have to replace the bearing?

All the lugs are now torqued back to factory spec, thanks to my buddy's torque wrench.





-Jon

 

I recently replaced all of mine because my HRE wheels needed longer studs. And yes, I replaces the bearings. I suggest you should plan on replacing all the studs when you do the job just to be safe.

 

Yeah, I figured I'd have to replace the bearings along with it. Probably will end up replacing all the studs to be on the safe side. Thanks.

 

That's what I would recommend. You have to do 90% of the work to replace one stud; might as well do the other 10% and replace the other four at the same time. Ditto for the bearing.