So do the majority of you guys just remove the wheel/tire and hammer the old stud out, or do you actually use a puller like from Matco or Snap On?

 

I just remove the wheel and hammer them out. Use a centerpunch if it is broken down to the base.

The fronts are easy. The rears have a little dished area inside the E-brake housing that you line up with the empty hole to stick a new stud in.

Tony

 

I stripped two out on my Moser and pulled the axle and took it down to a shop to have them pressed out. They looked at me like I was crazy. We ended up just hitting them with a hammer to knock them out and used a lug to pull the new ones in. Oh well, live and learn <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

Mark

 

Yep, I changed one out on the front this morning, and I just whacked the crap out of it with a hammer and chisel. I then loaded a few washers on, threw a lugnut on, and pulled it in. It's good as new. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

 

How long are the Rear OEM lug studs??

And can I install slightly longer studs < 1/2" longer without removing the rear axles???

TIA

 

I tried bashing my fronts out with a BFH! to no avail. Even soaked them in wd40 for a few hours for some slippage help...nothing. The tips of the studs start to mash without even budging. ARGH!

Looks like I have to get them pressed out. Oh well prolly will cost hardly anything to do anyway.

 

put an old lug on the stud before you pound it out.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SSpeed:
<strong>I tried bashing my fronts out with a BFH! to no avail. Even soaked them in wd40 for a few hours for some slippage help...nothing. The tips of the studs start to mash without even budging. ARGH!

Looks like I have to get them pressed out. Oh well prolly will cost hardly anything to do anyway.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you have a torch even a propane torch heat them up this will brake them loose.

 

If you don't have any washers laying around just turn your stock lug nuts around and that'll do the trick, I was told to add a little anti-seize to the knurl, took about 5 minutes per hub to seat all the studs

LAter <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

When I stripped 3 on the rears, I took it to two places and the problem was that they were too long by a hair to be pulled out. They would've needed to pull the axle.
Luckily, the new ones were a few mm shorter and fit in perfectly, so they cut the old ones out. That's $150 I never wanna have to spend again!
Nick