Wheel stud replacement

EGUNS80

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I broke some wheel studs trying to do my brakes. I was able to get the old studs out but do not have space to get new studs in. Any suggestions?

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 AT 6:14 PM

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STEVE W.

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Which end front or rear? What were you doing that broke the studs as some things can do bearing damage and you would be better off replacing the hub.

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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 AT 11:19 PM

EGUNS80

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Front end was trying to take my tires off to change my brakes

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Thursday, August 10th, 2017 AT 6:42 AM

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Remove caliper then use space created Then position stud in hub using spacers you can seat lug by pressing on with lug nut

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Friday, August 11th, 2017 AT 12:11 PM

STEVE W.

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That is about the only way, unless you replace the hub.
Might I ask how you broke them removing the tires? Are they rusted or cross threaded? If either of those you may want to knock out the remainder and replace both the studs and lug nuts to prevent it from happening again.

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Friday, August 11th, 2017 AT 12:53 PM

EGUNS80

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I think they may have cross threaded em when they did my rack n pinion, I did replace all 10, had to grind a small groove in the spindle because there was no notch