Broken Wheel stud madness!
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Well i didnt get to run at the track tonight because as soon as i was taking my rear wheels off for my track wheels, two of my wheel studs broke off with the lug nuts. I went to autozone and LUCKILY picked up two new wheel studs and so i assumed "well this will be easy, in and out job done within an hour...". So i get home and disassemble caliper and rotor after some trouble, needed to get a 32mm socket for the axle nut which was torqued to around 200ft/lbs!! So i run to sears several times trying to find the right size socket and finally find its a 32mm.... then i get back and i tried to use a breaker bar on a half inch drive ratchet and no one can break the damn thing loose! So i ended up calling a friend and borrowing an air compressor and borrowing another friends air gun and used my 32mm socket to air gun that sucka off and it worked like a dream. now i had to unbolt the hub from the assembly and that was a pain especially for the last bolt. SO once i get the hub off, i hammer the old studs out and hammer these new studs in a couple times to get em straight. Then i reassemble the hub and torque the axle nut back on, and caliper and rotor, and put my wheel spacers on and finally my wheel and thank god it worked out.... 5 hours later, after all the trips we made and all the trouble breaking loose the bolts. By this time it was 9:30pm and way too late for the track, so thanks alot nissan for making a car with **** parts.
I was gonna take pics but i was pissed. Who breaks wheel studs now honestly....!
I was gonna take pics but i was pissed. Who breaks wheel studs now honestly....!
Im pretty sure a lot of people have replaced them without even taking the caliper off. You just rotate the hub to a certain point and they will come out without doing anything more than taking the wheel off and hammering them out. I know most cars are like that.
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