Nvisable

I was tightening the lug nuts on the truck today because I found some were lose and had a wheel stud snap off on me. I was only hand tightening the lugs with a standard 1/2" ratchet.

Can this be fixed or do I need a new hub? What needs to be done to fix this?

Thanks

monnshyne

Just knock the old one out and install a new stud bud

Mark

Nvisable

Thanks, Is this something I can do with basic hand tools or will I need a press or anything else?

03qclb5spd

No, take the wheel off and your studs are right there. Take something like a screwdriver and pound the old stud out....it will fall out from behind. Then get the new stud, and put it in from behind. It is splined the last half inch or so, but a little awkward to try and pound all the way in. Just put a small bit of lube on it and get it in as far as you can. I put my wheel back on and just let the tightening of the lugnut pull it all the way in the hole. Get a torque wrench and torque all the lugnuts to spec and it should be fine.

Nvisable

That doesn't sound to bad at all. I'll give it a shot, Thanks!

03qclb5spd

No it isn't at all....child's play almost! Let us know if you need anything else, good luck.

Nvisable

Well I took the wheel off and I don't see anyway humanly possible to get to the back of the wheel studs with out taking off the rotor.

Am I missing something?

toddbweaver

No you aren't missing anything. I waited till I had to replace a front axle joint before I replaced a broken stud. You do have to take the rotor off in order to replace a wheel stud on the front. The good thing was I had the dealer do it and got to watch so I at least have seen how much of a pain in the *** that rotor is to get off the first time. Heat and air hammer were used quite bit. Not too much heat as to ruin the bearing, and air hammer on special studs they use to push the rotor off from the back side. Now that the dealer mechanic ground off the hub and rotor surfaces and used a ton of anti-sieze when he put it back together I'm hoping when I have to do the brakes that I won't have a lot of trouble removing the rotor again.

03qclb5spd

Ooops!! I totally forgot about the rotor!!

Happy Harry

when you replace a wheel stud it is good practise to replace the ones beside it . one broken stud means three should be replaced.

03qclb5spd

It snapped when he was threading it, has no effect on any of the others.

Nvisable

Well I took the truck to the dealership because I didn't have all the tools and I ran out of time. They fixed it and it was fine for a day or about 40 miles.

Now the truck has a very bad vibration starting around 30 MPH and up but it gets very bad when de-accelerating. The truck shakes violently from about 20 MPH to a dead stop. It was bad enough I thought I had a flat. Could this be a wheel bearing? What could they have messed up?

OOPS

Make sure they tightened all the lug nuts to the proper torque.

03qclb5spd

Did you pop the big plastic lugnut covers off and check all of the lugnuts to be sure they were all tight?

Nvisable

Yep, all the lug nuts are tight and the wheel looks fully seated on the hub.