wheel studs

[abew330]

qucik question to those who have replace the wheel studs..
when installing, u put in the new stud and bearly tap into place? then tighten?

because i tap it in and it doesnt feel likes it in.. tho i cant remove the stud by hand once i tap it in.. but its sticking out like u can still see the splines. is that ok? (i see the splines from behind)

either way i took out the new stud (that was bearly tapp in) and i can see the splines on the stud seem somewhat damage..

is there any "trick" to installing them?

i mean how do i know its going on right??

please help

[bigbird]

you have to "pull" the stud through. best thing to do is to use a deep or open lugnut and just torque it down. as you do this it will pull the stud into place. id do this with a spare lug nut. it can some times strip out the nut a little (we just did it this weekend) but leave the stud in tact.

[uibalnme]

I did this once on my pickup. You just roughly line up the splines of the new stud to the spline grooves in the hub. Lightly tap the new stud in, use a few washers between the hub, and lug nut, then with the flat side of the lug nut facing the hub, tighten to spec. The new stud will fully seat into the hub once tightened to spec.

The reason the splines seem damaged is because it's supposed to be a very tight fit. Plus, the new stud may not be an exact match to the old one. The splines may be slightly larger. Anyway, once you install the new wheel stud, it'll be fine.

[fenixus]

i did it on front left wheel of my solara. simply tap new one lightly (even very lightly will do) into place then put the wheel on studs and torque all rest 4 to specs (77ft-lns with my stock OEM alloy wheels). the new one you can torque a little higher than spec (e.g. 100ft-lbs), so it gets pulled in fully, then loosen it and tighten to specs (same as all others). it worked for me and i had the replacement stud from autozone.