Front stud replacement

[npolite]

Hello Everyone,

I've been looking at getting a Camry and would like to know the procedure on removing front wheel studs in the event they snap off (front right tire). Case in point: today I was rotating my tires on my mother's 99 Accord. I used the spare tire while I was rotating the tires to get them all rotated when I got to removing the spare and putting on the tire one of the nuts snapped with part of the stud. This is the first time this has happened in 5 years of doing this and I felt no problem while I was putting on the spare tire. I also hand tighten everything and then use a torque wrench to get them to 80 ft/lbs. It seems that I have to have the entire hub pressed out as there is not enough clearance to get the broken stud out. I was wondering what the procedure is on a Camry. I'm looking at a new Camry in the near future and would like to know these things for down the road issues. It's going to help factor in what kind of car I'm going to buy.

Thanks,
Nick

[GeorgiaHybrid]

ngerald where are you ?????

npolite, I thought I was anal about my cars but if you are basing the decision on which car to buy on how difficult it is to replace a wheel stud, you just beat me....

I have seen very few studs break in the past 30+ years and would never let that enter into my car buying decision. There are a LOT of other factors that do enter in though. Is it easy to maintain? Will it do the job I want it to do? (At my age, I don't need a "chick" magnet, just a car to haul my golf clubs...), Does it have a very dependable rating?, Does it retain it's value well? Is the company producing it about to go out of business? Is the car available with the options that I want?

Yep, a lot of things go into a car buying decision but "wheel stud replacement"????? No.

By the way, they are not that difficult to replace....

[npolite]

Yes while I am picky this does indeed go under the category of "Is the car easy to maintain?" I have seen quite a few of these studs strip and almost all of them caused by repair shops. Most of the times I can hammer these out easily since they were caused on the rear wheels which are easy to knock out.

Like I mentioned in my post it is a pain that I have to take it somewhere and also have the wheel bearing replaced when they break on the front wheels of the Accord. Yes it is rare but a $1 stud will now end up costing me over $300 to replace. This is something I can do myself if I didn't have to press off the wheel bearing and thus destroying it.

That's why I'm looking to the community to find out if this is the case on the Camry's.

[gdanaher]

I can't address the issue with a Toyota. I've owned or maintained 8 Toyotas through the years and never once was this an issue, But I did have one fail on a 99 Dodge van a few years ago and the spindle was designed in such a way to permit me press out the old remaining lug bolt and press in a new one. I'm of the opinion that if Detroit thought ahead on this matter that most everyone else will as well. If Honda failed to allow for this repair, well, shame on them. And learn a lesson.