OK, the car is not a j, but my wifes 2000 neon ES. I broke a wheel stud on the darn thing while rotating the tires... My ? is this, how hard and expensive would this be to repair? Just get a tap and die set, then drill a hole and use the die set to screw out the old, then replace with the new? Do new wheel studs just "screw" in the place of the old one?
Thanks! even though it isnt a J!!!!!!!!! HAHA!
98 z24, few upgrades, nitrous on the way!
other car forums, is where this should be.
if its anything like ours,, depending if its front or back... all you really have to do is . take the front brakes off. get a nice size hammer.. hammer out the old stud, replace with new one. and use one of the lugs to titen it back on.. pretty simple process.
how the hell did you break a wheel stud rotating the tires? Lol
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ThePistonDoctor wrote:how the hell did you break a wheel stud rotating the tires? Lol
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last person to install the tires cross threaded/overtorqued the nuts/used an impact gun. very common
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sorry about being in the wrong forum. I guess we will wait for a mod to move it. But thanks for all the info! Greatly helped!
98 z24, few upgrades, nitrous on the way!
Hm, I guess I just don't see how you could not realize when you overtorqued a stud that much. Those studs are pretty hefty. I suppose it could happen though! Well, obviously. It DID happen haha. Anyway yeah you can just pound the old stud out and pop a new one in.
its more common then what you think just do a search and type in wheel stud about 5 pages pop up. the problem is people use those curved stock manufactured tire irons its easy to slip on the threaded stud and when it slips on the threaded stud you start driving, it heats up the stock lug nut, and then when you stop your car it cools down to a weird shape you try to take it off and bam you snapped you stud. Its best to when your putting your lugs back on use compressed air or just blow in the stud to knock out loose dirt then spray a small amount of WD 40 on the stud let sit for a couple seconds and use a impact gun or breaker bar to tighten the lug. I have been doing that for about 2 years now and no problem. also buy some better lug nuts the stock lugs really suck.
