Help! Need how too replace wheel stud. - SRT Forums

DaZone · 09-18-2005, 04:14 PM

I was replacing my old lugs cause there cheap and rusting.
got some gorilla lugs. Well i broke one off the front. when torqueing them!

I got the new stud from Lappens.

Just need some info on how to replace the stud.

thanks for any nfo!

Bacardi 151 · 09-18-2005, 05:04 PM

I think there's a how to link here somewhere...Sorry, but I'm too lazy and drunk right now to read through 80 posts...

Another wheel flies off

DaZone · 09-18-2005, 05:08 PM

Thanks. didnt find a how too.

hub removal is my question. how easy is this?

MASSSRT · 09-18-2005, 05:17 PM

I did my front recently
real easy, remove the wheel and brake caliper
look on the back and there is a hole that the stud will just fit through (you back 'em out without removing the rotor), turn the rotor so the stud lines up, hammer it loose, and push it through, you;'ll see a flat notch like on the stud, it just fits

DaZone · 09-18-2005, 06:18 PM

You need to take the caliper off then remove the rotor. On the back of the hub towards the front where you took the caliper off there is an indent. If you notice, the head of the stud is cut in a half moon. The indent and the half moon will align and that is where you need to pull them out. Get a punch, and after you take the rotor off, bang on the stud and it will loosen up. Turn the hub till you line up the indent and just pull out the stud and put a new one in. It's that easy.

DaZone · 09-18-2005, 06:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by masssrt

I did my front recently
real easy, remove the wheel and brake caliper
look on the back and there is a hole that the stud will just fit through (you back 'em out without removing the rotor), turn the rotor so the stud lines up, hammer it loose, and push it through, you;'ll see a flat notch like on the stud, it just fits

Thanks for the nfo.. I got the broken one out. I also took the rotor out. didnt know you didnt have to. lol!

The replacement stud i got from Lappens does not fit.

Gotta wait til tomorrow to go to dodge-parts dept.

When putting on the new stud. do i use a lug nut(tighten it) to get it into place?

MASSSRT · 09-18-2005, 06:21 PM

nice, glad you got it figured
no removal of hub thank God!!

hmm, I thought I did it with the rotors on, cause I seem to remember trying not to miss and hit the rotor
either way

I was psyched that it was pretty simple when I did mine
I had 2 go at once at the track

MASSSRT · 09-18-2005, 06:22 PM

I have a few studs in my trunk, where do ya live?

and ya, I tightened it with the lug

also, when you push the lug in, you can rotate the wheel slightly so it is pressed against the whatever it is in there, so when you go to put the wheel back on it won't push it back through, which I did

DaZone · 09-18-2005, 06:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by masssrt

I have a few studs in my trunk, where do ya live?

and ya, I tightened it with the lug

also, when you push the lug in, you can rotate the wheel slightly so it is pressed against the whatever it is in there, so when you go to put the wheel back on it won't push it back through, which I did

Sweet info! Thanks for the offer for the stud. Im hoping to get the part tomorrow from the local dealership in the morning. Hoping to get it done in time for me to go to work.