Uh, You're not gonna like this one. For most all cars except certain
German ones, the stud is pressed into the hub. It is not threaded like head
studs or exhaust manifold studs :( To keep the stud from pulling out of the
hub, it is pressed in from the back side and has a head on it like a nail or
screw. To remove the stud, you are gonna have to remove the wheel hub and
rotor in one assembly, which is gonna be real tough, 'cause the brake
caliper is not going to want to come off. The other way is MAYBE you can
get someone w/ an air wrench to spin it off real fast, but, frankly, I've
never been that lucky when it comes to problems like that. I'm sure that
tire shops or dealerships have had this problem before, but I bet it costs
you $100 to fix the problem. :(
Mike Allendorfer
Representing each of the Big 3 plus Honda w/ my automotive fleet.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MrPepsi(Brent Johnson)" <Soloii@mrpepsi.com>
To: "Autox List (E-mail)" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: Lug nut studs
> Well something bad happened this morning while attempting to change my
> tires.
> I had a stud strip, break, something, I can't tell.
> Now my lug nut is torqued onto the stud but the stud will not come off the
> rotor.
> It freely spins and is very loose but the lug nut will not come off, and
the
> stud will not come out of the rotor.
> I thought when a stud came loose, which I did not plan of happening, it
> would just come off the rotor with the lug nut.
> But this isn't happening.
> Any ideas?
> What happened?
>
> Brent Johnson
> '01 Mustang GT
> FS #03
>
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