oh i dont know if it will be that bad. you just need to keep the stud from
rotating while you back off the lug nut. if you can reach the back of it,
you can try to hold it with vise grips, or even cut a slot in it and use
that to hold it. on a couple of my cars ive removed the hub to change the
studs, no big deal. i know on my cobra, i can change the rear studs without
even taking the caliper off.
if you want more suggestions, write to me and ill send you my voice #.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allendorfer, Mike" <mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com>
To: "MrPepsi(Brent Johnson)" <Soloii@mrpepsi.com>; "Autox List (E-mail)"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Lug nut studs
> Uh, You're not gonna like this one. For most all cars except certain
> German ones, the stud is pressed into the hub. It is not threaded like
head
> studs or exhaust manifold studs :( To keep the stud from pulling out of
the
> hub, it is pressed in from the back side and has a head on it like a nail
or
> screw. To remove the stud, you are gonna have to remove the wheel hub and
> rotor in one assembly, which is gonna be real tough, 'cause the brake
> caliper is not going to want to come off. The other way is MAYBE you can
> get someone w/ an air wrench to spin it off real fast, but, frankly, I've
> never been that lucky when it comes to problems like that. I'm sure that
> tire shops or dealerships have had this problem before, but I bet it costs
> you $100 to fix the problem. :(
>
> Mike Allendorfer
> Representing each of the Big 3 plus Honda w/ my automotive fleet.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MrPepsi(Brent Johnson)" <Soloii@mrpepsi.com>
> To: "Autox List (E-mail)" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:54 AM
> Subject: Lug nut studs
>
>
> > Well something bad happened this morning while attempting to change my
> > tires.
> > I had a stud strip, break, something, I can't tell.
> > Now my lug nut is torqued onto the stud but the stud will not come off
the
> > rotor.
> > It freely spins and is very loose but the lug nut will not come off, and
> the
> > stud will not come out of the rotor.
> > I thought when a stud came loose, which I did not plan of happening, it
> > would just come off the rotor with the lug nut.
> > But this isn't happening.
> > Any ideas?
> > What happened?
> >
> > Brent Johnson
> > '01 Mustang GT
> > FS #03
> >
> > [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef]
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