Wheel Studs

[tozerman]

I need to change a couple of wheel studs on my car, one front and one rear, how hard are they to do ? do they come out easily ? and also do I have to take the hubs off the car ?
Cheers.....Tony..

[tvrgit]

Easy, yes, no, in that order.

[tozerman]

What about if I wanted to fit longer studs! can that still be done without taking the hubs off ?
Cheers.....Tony..

[mep12345]

tozerman said:

What about if I wanted to fit longer studs! can that still be done without taking the hubs off ?
Cheers.....Tony..

Yes I did this - I found it difficult to find longer ones though. But eventually got mine from this place in Middlesex, they delivered quickly and were well priced. You need to buy long ones and then cut off with a grinder. expect to ruin a socket (used as a spacer) and a wheel nut in pulling them through though.

Fitting is simple:

To remove old ones

- hit ind with a hammer and they'll eventually move out through the back
To fit new

- push in from back and pull through by hand until they fit well and stop rotating
- use hammer on back to start the crushing of the splines
- fit spacer to hub over studs (this can be a steel wheel if you have one)
- Use an old nut to pull the studs through and crush the splines (they will be very tight and need a lot of force)
- Fit wheels at correct torque and take for a short drive with lots of corners
- re-torque wheel nuts
- check torque again after some 100 or so miles

Hey presto job done

HTH

Mark

[Wiz]

And buy them from a good source genuine Ford idealy as one of mine purchased off the bay has stripped causing me problems.

[phillpot]

Longer wheel studs www.rallydesign.co.uk part no. SS37 (they were VERY tight fit) and more

[mep12345]

The ones I bought from speedshack seem to be a good quality (basically they supply ford aftermarket stuff for the boy racers) and were also a very tight fit. Can't remember the costs though but think they were a bit more than rally design. Took me ages to find a supplier though and I even phoned rally design at that time perhaps they are a new addition to the range?

Mark

[tozerman]

Thanks for all your help chaps, the only thing I'm worried about is I don't want to damage the hub bearings as I'm cajoling the new studs into their appropriate holes, thanks again
Cheers.....Tony..

[mep12345]

tozerman said:

the only thing I'm worried about is I don't want to damage the hub bearings as I'm cajoling the new studs into their appropriate holes

Tony,

If you follow what I said above then this really shouldn't be an issue as tightening them into the holes has no more effect on the hub than say over tightening the wheel nuts and when you know the old ones out it should only take 2 or 3 good whacks with the hammer to free them up and this is unlikely to put more stress on the bearings than hitting a pothole or two.

The biggest problem I had was I thought I was forcing something to do what it shouldn't when fitting the new ones and phoned the supplier to check who confirmed that in fitting they will be very very tight as they are designed to crush the spline on the stud and create an interference fit

Mark

[tozerman]

Thanks mark.

[Wildfire]

Just fitted new studs to the front of my Griff.

Air-Impact wrench is your friend. Turned a long job into a 30 min job in total.

[tozerman]

Cheers Chris, I've got a battery powered impact wrench so that should help, thanks again.

Cheers.....Tony..