ive never had to grind part of the stud.. they usually just go back in for me on the front:TU:front or back?
you have to grind part of the stud to get it back into the front.......
oh yea thats right.. lol.. cuz i cut that little area of the dust cover to fit the stud lol.... it makes sense tho... i had to remove the whole hub to do wheelstuds in my friends 91 hatch.. ef's are a pain in my arse.. 92-00 is easy to doall the Honda-Tech's I saw do this ground noe edge of the new stud "flat" to the knurling to clear the knuckle and piece of dust cover.
Did the same thing no problem. Really tighten your tire's, then unstigten it, and makre sure the stud is in the proper postion. I didnt look to see if the stud was all the way in. damn near lost my tire. TWICE!ive done it with the hub on the car.... take the caliper off.. take the caliper bracket off take the rotor off... get a mini sledge.. or just a good hammer... pound on the wheelstud that you want to take out.. hit it out of the hub...
now theres only really 1-2 spots the studd will slide out at once u get it out putthe new one in and hammer it in....
ive changed wheelstuds in 5 minutes.. including taking the tire off...
Grinding the flat spot on em keeps the threads from getting buggered.all the Honda-Tech's I saw do this ground noe edge of the new stud "flat" to the knurling to clear the knuckle and piece of dust cover.
Thats the stupidest thing I ever heard. Why the hell would you grind down such a vital part? Their is a spot there you can pound in the stud from the back. You have to pound the Break dust guard down, but it will work.grind the stud on one side, you will see why when you do it. to install it use your lug nut but turn it around backwards. so the flat side of the nut will be against the hub. that way you can tighten the nut and it will pull the stud into place. a washer might be a good idea to use to.
Exactually. their are only 4 per tire on your 88-2000? civic.Machine shop. Smartest/safest way to do it. No bullshit grinding needed. Honestly people why would you grind on the only things that keep your car connected to the ground??
I heart youknock out the broken stud with a hammer, put the new stud in, put a washer on it, take a lug nut and tighten it down till it pulls the stud all the way in... if you have air, it is a piece of cake... you dont have to remove the hub from the car at all, just the tire...
impact gun is over 70% of the reason my studs fail.. stupid fuk'n tire shops... i tourqe all my lugnuts down to spec.. the dust shield is bolted to the hub.. that one part where the dust shield gets in teh way.. i cut off with dikes.... and i pound the wheelstud all teh way in with a hammer.... i never use a lugnut to "pull it in"..knock out the broken stud with a hammer, put the new stud in, put a washer on it, take a lug nut and tighten it down till it pulls the stud all the way in... if you have air, it is a piece of cake... you dont have to remove the hub from the car at all, just the tire...
:werd:knock out the broken stud with a hammer, put the new stud in, put a washer on it, take a lug nut and tighten it down till it pulls the stud all the way in... if you have air, it is a piece of cake... you dont have to remove the hub from the car at all, just the tire...
i changed all my stock lug studs out with blox extended wheel studs... the back went right on with this method, and yes, i did it slow and backed off the lugnut as to not to put a bunch of stress on the stud, the front, i had to pull the hub but keep in mind the extended studs are 3 inches long so it was neccassry... i personally find this method to work very well...:werd:
if i was to do it that way, i would pull it thru a bit, back off the lug nuts then pull it thru a bit more and repeat until it's done. that way ur not stressing it constantly.
ten years ago when i had a front stud strip out on me before i started tinkering with my car and long before i'd even fathomed i'd be working at the dealership, one of the techs who now works beside me installed a new stud this way and didn't have to grind down anything. he just removed the brakes, rotor and pulled it thru using this method :TU:
p.s. althought you don't get the same torque potential as air impact guns, electric impact guns are an adequate substitute if you don't have access to air tools :TU: