Front wheel stud replacement
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From: Wrexham
Where do you get the studs from?
I've done this on mine.
You need the upright off the car, got to press the hub out of the bearing. The bearing has a split inner, one half of which will stay on the hub. This has to be pressed or cut (carefully) off the hub. Suggest if you haven't got a press you're going to at least need a friendly garage to do the press work for you.
The studs come out very easily after this. Pop the new ones in, press them home, re-assembly is the reverse, follow the instructions on the wheel bearings and you'll be laughing.
Eurocar parts sell an SKF bearing kit which comes with a OEM Honda circlip.
Not a small job mind.
I used ARP wheel studs as, other than honda's own, I couldn't find any others that actually gave a rating or stated they had the correct rolled thread. There are a lot of cheese wheel studs out there...
Hope that helps.
You need the upright off the car, got to press the hub out of the bearing. The bearing has a split inner, one half of which will stay on the hub. This has to be pressed or cut (carefully) off the hub. Suggest if you haven't got a press you're going to at least need a friendly garage to do the press work for you.
The studs come out very easily after this. Pop the new ones in, press them home, re-assembly is the reverse, follow the instructions on the wheel bearings and you'll be laughing.
Eurocar parts sell an SKF bearing kit which comes with a OEM Honda circlip.
Not a small job mind.
I used ARP wheel studs as, other than honda's own, I couldn't find any others that actually gave a rating or stated they had the correct rolled thread. There are a lot of cheese wheel studs out there...
Hope that helps.
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Ive got broken wheel nut. Well I used the bloody alloy nuts that came with my Rota's, DOH!. Ive bought cold forged steel Muteki ones now but i obvs need to get this one off. Drilling the end off is looking the only option but ill probably destroy the stud if i do that. So i just wanted to gauage the complexity of replacing a stud.
Ive tried an air impact gun, whacking a socket on etc. It just seems to collapse the nut further, as it is i reckon you could nut a dienut down the stud and repair it. But any further work on the nut and im likely to damage the stud but i dont there there is much choice.
Ive tried an air impact gun, whacking a socket on etc. It just seems to collapse the nut further, as it is i reckon you could nut a dienut down the stud and repair it. But any further work on the nut and im likely to damage the stud but i dont there there is much choice.
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