We are over at my friends house putting his wheels back on his Prelude from powdercoating. On the front right tire one of the studs snapped in half. So i was wondering how we would go about fixing this problem. Any local help that could stop by is appreciated. Give my friend a call at
-Roy

 

getting a new wheel hub is probably your best bet

 

i had a stud break on my nx2000 before and all they did was take it out and put a new one in. I think any place that does wheels can do it.

 

well he tried putting on a diff lug nut and i messed up the thread so we cant even get the wheel on all the way, which means its stuck in the driveway...

 

umm, you take the old wheel stud out, and go buy a new one at advanced auto for a dollar... and you put that one in

 

Studs are fairly easy to replace roy, if ya'll still havin problems, gimme a call.

 

look behind the stud and if there's room to pound it out then do just that. I know in civic's you have to remove the whole hub assy for the fronts to change the studs.

 

we had to remove the whole hub assembly. we finally got it though, thanks for all the tips.

 

nope, you sure dont have to remove the whole assembly. i used to do them daily. if you pull the knuckle out of the bearing just to replace a stud you are R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D.

there are actually VERY few cars that you have to pull the knuckle out of the bearing to replace the studs. and obviously with extended lug studs for slicks, you do have to pull the assembly apart.

basically to replace a stud on most any car. remove the wheel, remove the caliper and caliper bracket. knock off the rotor. smack the broken stud towards the hub and knock it out of the knuckle. stick the new stud in the back, sometimes you are going to have to spin the knuckle to align the stud with an open space behind. stick the new stud in, thread on a lugnut or just regular nut, and tighten it down to pull the stud in. impact guns work best to do this.

 

Good job