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A customer of mine called me up yesterday and said he accidentally broke off one of the wheel studs on the rear wheel.
Normally in the past what I did to replace it was pull out the whole rear wheel bearing assembly. This process takes about 2-3 hours start to finish depending on how rusted everything is. Not a big deal, just go to Advance Auto and pick up a new stud, pound out the old one. (stock wheel studs thread pitch is 12x1.5 btw) We'd usually suggest the customer just replace the whole wheel bearing hub assembly while it's out because it comes with 5 new studs anyway.
Today, after thinking about it, I came up with a short cut.
Just pull off the caliper and rotor like usual, but instead of going on and removing the rear axle, spindle..., just remove the parking brake adjuster and bottom spring that hold the 2 pad together. Then rotate the hub so that the broken stud is at the bottom, pound out the old one, and insert the new. There's pleanty of room to get it in.
Now, to press it in, buy yourself an open end lug (factory stealth lugs already are on most cars) and a couple washers. Insert the stud and use the lug & impact to press it on. Put a couple washers between the lug and hub because there's not enough threads to put it on flush.
The whole process took me just under and hour start to finish. Very handy short-cut and a new stud only costs $1.04 from Advanced Auto instead of $6 from the dealer or $185 for a whole new assembly.
_________________ 06 Blue EVO 9
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