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[TR] Replacing wheel studs in TR4 rear hubs - To pull or not to

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Subject: [TR] Replacing wheel studs in TR4 rear hubs - To pull or not to
From: nwolf@u.washington.edu
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:16:01 -0700 (PDT)
Hi listers
   I am half way through swapping out the stubby wire-wheel studs for longer 
disc-wheel studs on my TR4 (Fronts are done, rears not started yet).
   The rear studs on the '4 are threaded into the hub, but the backside of each 
one is "peened" so you have to grind a bit off before it will unscrew.
   My question is: Should I pull the hubs?  I looked through the list archives, 
and opinion seems to be mixed regarding the accessibility of the back of the 
hub without pulling it, and also the likelihood of successfully removing a hub 
without bending it.  I don't have the proper Churchill hub puller, but I do 
have a heavy-duty wheel puller that would grab onto all four lugs.  I also have 
a Dremel tool.  And a corkscrew, if it comes to that.
   Pull?  Don't pull?  Drive around with wire wheels on one axle and alloy 
wheels on the other?

   Thanks
-Nick Wolf
64-ish TR4
Ben Lomond, CA
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