Part 2. Could anybody help me change stripped wheel studs? [Archive]

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-17-2005, 10:57 PM

Hey guys/girls

Not sure if some of you read my post before it got hacked. But just incase you havent here is to short story.

Okay so i purchased the car last sept. It came with aftermarket rims but i didnt like it so sold the old ones and got myself new pair of rims. So while i was taking the rims off my car to put the new ones on i found out that Rear passenger side wheelstuds were stripped. So went to few store bought wheelstuds and Try to do it with my friend. But so far i took off the calipers, rotors and i cut off the dust shield since last post it say that i will need to put the new ones on.

So i found out after i cut the dust shield off i still wont be able to put new wheelstuds on.

My car is 95 Eagle Talon Tsi awd that is made on Oct. 94.

So If Anybody know how to change the wheelstuds could you please help me out??

90goldtsiawd

10-17-2005, 11:00 PM

Holy shit you still didn't get that shit fixed? Go to a goddam garage or something already or buy a Haines/Chilton manual!

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-17-2005, 11:28 PM

Holy shit you still didn't get that shit fixed? Go to a goddam garage or something already or buy a Haines/Chilton manual!

I would bring it to shop to get it fixed but i cant even drive it anywhere since lug nuts wont stay on. Second i do have chilton manual, Me and my friend looked at in and we were lost what da hell we were doing... Im not sure if you were the one told me to cut the dustshield off... I asked all my friends and all of us had no clue, that's why i posted on the fourm.

97gsxminus1bolt

10-17-2005, 11:56 PM

Where do you live

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-18-2005, 12:17 AM

Where do you live

West Orange.

I_LOVE_DSMS

10-18-2005, 04:18 PM

gtluke

10-18-2005, 04:41 PM

yeah he lives like 5 minutes from me. but i'm working 7-9 now and in the process of moving so i'm useless.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-18-2005, 09:45 PM

Holy shit you still didn't get that shit fixed? Go to a goddam garage or something already or buy a Haines/Chilton manual!

Yeah really. lol. You can't put the other ones back on? Buy new studs for them, keep the stripped oens on and drive to the shop. Best bet. unless you dont have the money. thats ntus though man, youve had that problem forever! hope you get it resolved soon

I would drive the car to the shop if i could but both the wheelstuds that i could put on is on the same side. So just incase that i dirve and something does happen ex. rim come out of the car i would be screwed... I have the money but there is no way in hell im driving my car to the shop.

yeah he lives like 5 minutes from me. but i'm working 7-9 now and in the process of moving so i'm useless.

Yeah i know luke. I'm sure your beat from working from 7-9. Just curious how long will it take to change the wheelstuds? I mean i took of the caliper, rotor, and cut off the dust shield. So after that how long will it take?

derf hwt

10-18-2005, 11:05 PM

If you can't drive it to the shop then tow it and get used to towing your car, mine spends more time on the back of one than actually being driven.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-18-2005, 11:46 PM

If you can't drive it to the shop then tow it and get used to towing your car, mine spends more time on the back of one than actually being driven.

Okay my car is in the garage. If i could even tow the car i would have already... :cry:

gtluke

10-19-2005, 08:28 AM

why won't the studs come out? just hammer them out. is there room behind there to fit them out? i totally forget.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-19-2005, 12:18 PM

why won't the studs come out? just hammer them out. is there room behind there to fit them out? i totally forget.

i could hammer the old one out but i dont think it has enough room for it to come out or fit the new ones in..

gtluke

10-19-2005, 01:26 PM

there should be. just try it. few whacks with a hammer and they will fall off.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-19-2005, 09:36 PM

there should be. just try it. few whacks with a hammer and they will fall off.

so how am i going to put new ones in?

I_LOVE_DSMS

10-19-2005, 09:49 PM

buy new studs.

97gsxminus1bolt

10-19-2005, 10:27 PM

I was gonna help you but i hurt my back and cant do any real work for a week. This job is very simple hit the studs head on with a hammer when they fall off just grab them from the bottom. Now there should be a spot that you could install the stud from the back if not just rotate the hub until u can.once the lug is on it has to pressed in which is impossible with the hub on.So go find a spacer that u can slide onto the lug and still be able to put a nut on. Tighten the nut until the stud is flush and pulled through.Put the wheel on and torque it.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-19-2005, 11:06 PM

buy new studs.

I do have new ones in my car. I asked how to put new ones in...

I was gonna help you but i hurt my back and cant do any real work for a week. This job is very simple hit the studs head on with a hammer when they fall off just grab them from the bottom. Now there should be a spot that you could install the stud from the back if not just rotate the hub until u can.once the lug is on it has to pressed in which is impossible with the hub on.So go find a spacer that u can slide onto the lug and still be able to put a nut on. Tighten the nut until the stud is flush and pulled through.Put the wheel on and torque it.

Thank you ill look behind the wheel to see if i could put the new ones in... Hopefully ill see it. By the way what do you mean by "pressed in"?

gtluke

10-20-2005, 07:49 AM

pressed in means tighten a lug down with no wheel on but put a spacer in there. as you tighten the lug on the spacer, it presses the lug in.

Phreak

10-21-2005, 12:35 PM

Pressed in, you know, like forced in. Kinda like when you press a ball joint into a control arm, only this should be much much easier.

noreaga0221

10-21-2005, 09:31 PM

are all the studs stripped? You can drive temporarily on 3 of em.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-21-2005, 10:41 PM

are all the studs stripped? You can drive temporarily on 3 of em.

sorry 4 of them are stripped. One of the 4 isnt too bad but i dont want to risk it.

noreaga0221

10-22-2005, 12:23 AM

How the hell did you do that? If you can stay under 30mph to get to the shop I think you will be fine.

97gsxminus1bolt

10-22-2005, 02:10 AM

If you can stay under 30mph to get to the shop I think you will be fine. No he wont not at 5mph itl snap like a twig.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-22-2005, 02:36 PM

How the hell did you do that? If you can stay under 30mph to get to the shop I think you will be fine.

How did i do that? Good question man. It came like that when i bought the car. My old set of rims the lug nuts were stripped like hell so i had to get a allen key size bigger to get the stripped lug nuts out. So i believe my preview owner of the car didnt know what he was doing.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-29-2005, 10:50 PM

So i went last sunday to see if there is gap behind the wheelstuds i saw a hole big enough to get the wheelstuds out and the new ones in. So do i use that hole to put the new one on? also there is a wire is attach close to it. Do i take that wire off?

gtluke

10-30-2005, 12:08 AM

don't touch the wire. just hit the studs with a hammer in and they will fall right out.

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-30-2005, 03:08 AM

don't touch the wire. just hit the studs with a hammer in and they will fall right out.

what about putting the new ones in?

gtluke

10-30-2005, 08:46 AM

push them back through the other side, and use a bunch of washers and then thread the lug on and tighten it down. it will pull the stud through.

derf hwt

10-30-2005, 08:15 PM

push it out of the garage and have it towed

EcLiPsEgSx012

10-30-2005, 11:10 PM

I was just curious could i put a spare tire on the stripped lug nuts? i mean would it fit??

I was going to try to hammer the old ones out today but i had lot of things to do so never got chance so hopefully i'll get it done next sunday.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-06-2005, 05:38 PM

okay went to the garage today to fix the wheelstuds. Omg i try to hammer them out and they are stuck in there pretty good. I try hammering them and put some pb blaster and hammer it again but it wont even move. So any ideas?

gtluke

11-06-2005, 05:53 PM

bigger hammer

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-06-2005, 06:02 PM

bigger hammer

lol good one luke. Damn man you cant help me out on sunday???

helite99

11-06-2005, 06:07 PM

go to home depot find a bigger hammer, when u think u found one big enough, put it down and get one 2 sizes bigger

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-06-2005, 06:11 PM

go to home depot find a bigger hammer, when u think u found one big enough, put it down and get one 2 sizes bigger

lol. No more joking around man.

97gsxminus1bolt

11-06-2005, 06:28 PM

no joke if you cant punch them out you need to work out.

helite99

11-06-2005, 06:38 PM

not joking... im deazd serious... i have a 20 pound sledge hammer at work just for wheel studs...

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-06-2005, 07:02 PM

no joke if you cant punch them out you need to work out. Okay I guess i really gotta hit them harder.

not joking... im deazd serious... i have a 20 pound sledge hammer at work just for wheel studs...

lol Okay ill try to get a bigger hammer than.

helite99

11-06-2005, 07:05 PM

if i remeber ill bring my home for u to use, problem is both our cars suck so u have no way to get it lol...

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-06-2005, 09:15 PM

if i remeber ill bring my home for u to use, problem is both our cars suck so u have no way to get it lol...

lol i driving my sister's civic once in awhile but she got hit pretty hard on the driver side fender. So hopefully she'll get rental that i could drive around when she's not out. Thanks alot man.

gtluke

11-06-2005, 11:04 PM

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-07-2005, 12:03 AM

bigger hammer

lol good one luke. Damn man you cant help me out on sunday???

i'm trying to get my car running. i have about 4 hours spare a week and i invest it there.
but if you havn't had any luck by next weekend, i'll see if i can spare a bit of time.

i graduate in december, which should free up a good 20 hours a week for me which will be fucking spectacular.

Yeah i know your busy with your job, school, your car. I just wanted to get it fixed already so i could get the swap and everything done. I BrRyder to help me out so hopefully he'll be able to help me out next week.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-08-2005, 01:32 AM

anybody else free on sunday to help me out please??

also do i take the hub off on the rear? saw it on evo fourm and he took the hub out to replace the wheelstuds.

derf hwt

11-09-2005, 01:42 AM

Ok I just did my one wheel(note to everyone double check that ALL your lugnuts are tight when you put a wheel on) here is how I did it.
1. Strip off the brake and rotor.
2. Hit it with some PB blaster and let it soak in.
3. Slide a lugnut on stud, then take a full-sized sledge and holding it kinda like golf club give it few decently hard wacks and it will start to back out of the hub.
4. Put in the new stud and take a bunch of washers, slide them on the stud and screw a lugnut on the stud. Then take a 4-way and torque the hell outta it until the new stud is pulled in the hub (this takes a while and the 4 way won't turn unless you really f'ing crank it).
5. Rinse and repeat.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-16-2005, 10:15 PM

First of all i would like to thank everyone of you for trying to help me. So i got a bigger hammer and hammer few of them out. I put 1 new one in because i find out there is no space to put them on. So i decide to take pictures so i could post it so i could get some help.

so here is the picture..
http://www.boomspeed.com/kseungjun/100_2307.jpg
http://www.boomspeed.com/kseungjun/100_2308.jpg

So am i suppose to take the spring off and take those out?

Diablooffire03

11-16-2005, 10:55 PM

UNLEASH the ebrake, put car in nuetral, spin the hub, bang another one out and repeat repeat repeat yup

Monger

11-17-2005, 02:12 AM

it takes 4 fuckin pages to change out wheel studs! fuck me! :lol:

helite99

11-17-2005, 06:13 PM

i got my car back so i can help... sunday no good due to track... i ithink im free saturday after 12ish during week is no good

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-17-2005, 09:38 PM

it takes 4 fuckin pages to change out wheel studs! fuck me! :lol:

I'm sorry i'm new at this okay

i got my car back so i can help... sunday no good due to track... i ithink im free saturday after 12ish during week is no good

Hey helite thanks for helping me out. I want to try this sunday by myself but if it dont work out i'll def. let you know.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-20-2005, 08:30 PM

okay little update. So today i went to the garage and put 2 more wheelstuds in. So now i have to get 2 more. But i ran into some problem i was gonna put the rotor back on but for some reason it wont go in... any ideas?

gtluke

11-20-2005, 08:43 PM

lugs arn't straight enough. try and get them in further.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-20-2005, 09:00 PM

lugs arn't straight enough. try and get them in further.

actually that's what i thought too. So i flip the rotor and try it and it has no problem going in. If you look at pg 3 first picture i posted the metal piece that has spring on it, i pulled it so i have room to put new ones in. So i'm thinking that is causing the rotor not going in. So any way fixin it??

gtluke

11-20-2005, 09:29 PM

oh shit, yeah i think your brake shoes jsut arn't lined up. put it on as far as you can and shove the brake shoes around till they slip in. might take some hammer taps. the shoes move.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-28-2005, 01:59 AM

oh shit, yeah i think your brake shoes jsut arn't lined up. put it on as far as you can and shove the brake shoes around till they slip in. might take some hammer taps. the shoes move.

I finally got all 5 new studs in. But now rotor wont go on because i think i stratch brake shoe line too much. I try to hammer taps to see if i could get it in but i couldnt. So could anybody help me out?

helite99

11-29-2005, 09:46 PM

u need to "unadjust" the park brake so the shoes sink in, so the rotor fits. Then make sure u re-adjust the park brake once ur done.

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-30-2005, 12:56 AM

u need to "unadjust" the park brake so the shoes sink in, so the rotor fits. Then make sure u re-adjust the park brake once ur done.

could you tell me how to unadjust the park brake? and how to re-adjust the park brake again? Sorry if some of you i'm newb at this...

helite99

11-30-2005, 07:24 AM

one question, is the parking brake on?

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-30-2005, 11:28 AM

one question, is the parking brake on?

You mean ebrake right? no i dont think so.

helite99

11-30-2005, 05:36 PM

yeah ebrake/handbrake on the center consoule by the shifter

EcLiPsEgSx012

11-30-2005, 09:26 PM

yeah ebrake/handbrake on the center consoule by the shifter

ebrake wasnt on i believe.

EcLiPsEgSx012

12-04-2005, 04:00 AM

so you helite99 going to tell me how to do this??

helite99

12-05-2005, 07:14 PM

sorry i didnt sdee u posted. im off tueadsay and wendsday for my bday but nate has my car for alittle work... ill see if i can get a ride.. IM me and ill see when in available

EcLiPsEgSx012

12-18-2005, 03:09 AM

so could any body give me a hand with brake shoe? or give me direction?

shane

12-18-2005, 01:37 PM

see the announcement thead MikeL posted

BUY ONE OF THESE AND MEMORIZE IT!
http://www.ecanfix.com/~manualcd/

EcLiPsEgSx012

12-25-2005, 11:48 PM

see the announcement thead MikeL posted

BUY ONE OF THESE AND MEMORIZE IT!
http://www.ecanfix.com/~manualcd/

i do have it but it dont tell me how to fix it. I just need to put my rotor back on my brake shoe line so i could get my car to dsmotorsports.