Wheel stud replacement?

penthouse89

Hi All,

Just had a hellish evening changing a wheel...

Driving home from a friends house, turn a corner and all over the road are scaffolding clamps, presumably a shed load. Front wheels miss them, but one of the rear wheels rolls over one. Cue punctured tyre. I pulled over as soon as it was safe to do so.

Whilst attempting to remove the wheel I managed to snap my locking nut key. One of the "pegs" sheared off totally. So I call a conveniently nearby pal, and we manage to get the car to his place by fully inflating the tyre and driving half a mile (I know, I know, not recommended).

Anyway, we couldn't get the wheel nut off with any method available (cold iron, hammering a smaller sacrificial socket on etc). We broke out the drill and had to drill through the locking wheel nut. 18 drill bits later and it's off. However, this has chewed the stud and I can't get a nut to thread on.

Do I need to replace my hub, or can a new stud be bashed in? Would this be an expensive job? I have brought the car home (two miles), but I won't be using it until I can get this sorted. I know this puts additional strain on the other nuts (four stud).

Am I looking at pounds or hundereds of pounds to get this fixed?

Advice appreciated.

Regards

chrisw

A few pounds. On the majority of cars they just knock back through, although they might be a bit rusted in place.

http://youtu.be/Vm3WvmfM9Oo

penthouse89

Excellent, I'll give my trusted garage a call in the morning.

I don't much fancy doing it myself, as the chances are it'll be rusted in. Thirteen year old Honda

SailorSam

I think it may depend on your car, looking at this video it looks pretty simple but if there isn't spce to get the new stud in you may need to pull out the half shaft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU01gmwcYPs

My camping trailer only have 3 working studs and it's been on my 'to do' list.

penthouse89

According to a few searches I've done, it's relatively simple on the Accord. However, I don't time or space to do this myself (on street parking!), so I'll give the garage a bell. I was just concerned it'd be £100s.

skivenov

Back wheel? You might be lucky. If it's got brake drums as opposed discs on the back, it'll cost you about £20-30 and an hours work for a new brake drum.

If it's discs, you'll most likely need a new wheel hub. Similar price at least, but bigger labour bill.

vaio

it's an easy job even on street.

The studs will be either button head with splines to fix them in the hub (hit them with a hammer to remove, use a nut and maybe a spacer to pull the new ones in to the hub) or they might be threaded into the hub (stillsons to remove, two nuts locked together to install the new ones with a bit of threadlock)

Splined is most likely

Weird_Nev

Yep. Studs are designed to be replaceable. Don't worry too much.

Drive gently on the 3 studs until you get it sorted though!

penthouse89

Thanks to all for the replies.

The car's got rear discs, either way, it doesn't seem like too expensive of a fix.

red_eye

penthouse89 wrote: »

Hi All,

Just had a hellish evening changing a wheel...

Driving home from a friends house, turn a corner and all over the road are scaffolding clamps, presumably a shed load. Front wheels miss them, but one of the rear wheels rolls over one. Cue punctured tyre. I pulled over as soon as it was safe to do so.

you'll be there all day knocking the stud out cold

Whilst attempting to remove the wheel I managed to snap my locking nut key. One of the "pegs" sheared off totally. So I call a conveniently nearby pal, and we manage to get the car to his place by fully inflating the tyre and driving half a mile (I know, I know, not recommended).

Anyway, we couldn't get the wheel nut off with any method available (cold iron, hammering a smaller sacrificial socket on etc). We broke out the drill and had to drill through the locking wheel nut. 18 drill bits later and it's off. However, this has chewed the stud and I can't get a nut to thread on.

Do I need to replace my hub, or can a new stud be bashed in? Would this be an expensive job? I have brought the car home (two miles), but I won't be using it until I can get this sorted. I know this puts additional strain on the other nuts (four stud).

Am I looking at pounds or hundereds of pounds to get this fixed?

Advice appreciated.

Regards

what kind of hub is it? best bet is go to motor factors and have a look. some hubs come once piece with a bearing other then that you could heat up the hub and knock the stud out, replacement stud can be brought from the dealers