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Hay guys,

i changed my wheel studs today.

i didnt realise that it would be so easy. i went to a few shops and they wanted about 60 dollars a stud to change over for me so basically i thought that was a jok so i will write step by step how to do it it took me about 20 mins each wheel to change them all up about a hour.

i also ran into a problem when changing them. i dropped my caliper which snapped a brake line. doh.

lucky for me the shops were close so could get another one made which was really good. that took about 2 hours in driving round but anyways.

Real easy to do.

step 1

Take the rim off

step 2

Undo the caliper. Two bolts at the back of it are all it takes to come off they are about a 17 mm i think.

step 3

There is a small part of steel which contects the brake line to the caliper. Thats what i broke and had to have changed. Remove it so you dont brake it. Its pritty easy to brake so be careful. Remove it it is a 10 mm screw on both ends of it. Brake fluid comes out but dont worry bout that not much comes out.

step 4

Take the caliper off the disc now. real easy it just slides off.

step 5

Get the disc off. that is also real easy. there are two holes on the disc that you can screw the appropiate bolt into keep going and it just falls off.

step 6

Now to the fun part with the disc off you can see the studs now i got new ones so i just smashed these original ones out. There is a place where you rotate them to hit out. Just hit the one that has the grove for it to come out.

step 7

Once they are all out. put the new ones in they will be lose dont worry bout that cause they pull themself into position when you tighten them.

step 8

Now put the disc over the studs that are lose and put the brake caliper back 0n and tighten everything up again. the studs will still be lose. now that everything is were it should be, put the new nuts you get with the studs on and start tightening them. when you tighten them they pull themselves into position and make there own groves in the hub. they really cut into it if you like. after they are tight take them off. you may need some one to stand on the brake while doing this so they dont move. by the way you might want to top up your brake fluid or bleed the brakes if you want to i did.cause of when you took the pipe off.

step 9

Now the studs are all tight put your wheel on, now what happens is you feel like you are stripping the bolt but your not. if you didnt get them tight enough they will still pull into position when puting the rims on so keep tighting them till they stop. thats it like i said it took 20 mins a side part from braking one of those lines i was talking bout real easy i saved a heap of cash dont be scared of doing it yourself.

:) Cheers guys i hope this can help others.

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i had to replace 2 wheel studs at easternats as 2 snapped. didnt know what the hell i was doin. wish i saw this then lol

where did u get the longer ones from. would u know the part number at all cheers

because i have spacers on my front wheels the nuts only bite by about 5mm, have stripped 2 and neeed to replace them, apparently bursons here in vic have standard ones but dont have longer ones.

any one know where to get longer ones?

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Tell Bursons to order some in for you.

because i have spacers on my front wheels the nuts only bite by about 5mm, have stripped 2

And please tell me your rego number. I wanna make sure I'm nowhere near you on the roads.

Seriously, I can't believe people are that stupid to drive blatantly dangerous cars.

Tell Bursons to order some in for you.

And please tell me your rego number. I wanna make sure I'm nowhere near you on the roads.

Seriously, I can't believe people are that stupid to drive blatantly dangerous cars.

hahaha, take a look at any old ford, toyota, commodore or nissan and they are more dangerous than mine.

I think Nissan Patrol studs are longer and fit.....I read this somewhere.......I had the same problem and got a engineer to fab some longer ones up.

did the trick and haven't dad a problem with them since I did it 6 years ago.

thanks i'll check them out.

1) maybe wheels are wrong offset

2) ah yeah great logic there

3) no - thats what the g/f is for

another helpfull comment, do you work for the rta, just like them you talk a lot of shit but are of no help to anyone.

listen not trying to be mean or harsh - maybe the :bunny: came out mean instead of funny

whatever the case may be if your studs really only grip with 5mm like you said that is bad hey

seriously

have you ever seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I?

i think (note could be wrong - this is a personal opinion) that caused by the same thing

and just for the record no dont work for the rta or whatever - ima hoon without a license :)

whatever the case may be if your studs really only grip with 5mm like you said that is bad hey

seriously

i know its bad thats why im trying to fix it, although it did go through 2 rwc's and they never said anything, also not long ago i had new rubber put on and they still didnt say anything, it was only when i replaced the turbo and went to put the front wheel back on that i realised what was happening.

have you ever seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I?

i think (note could be wrong - this is a personal opinion) that caused by the same thing

every wheel stud letting go at once??? i think that may have been a set up.

i know its bad thats why im trying to fix it, .. it was only when i replaced the turbo and went to put the front wheel back on that i realised what was happening.

:)

although it did go through 2 rwc's and they never said anything, also not long ago i had new rubber put on and they still didnt say anything

yeah i bought mine in NWS and got RWC here (in QLD) and got it easy - guy even told me how clean and impressed he was - but yeah - sure there are things thats aren't legal on it

as for the tyre shop - yeh they dont care at all hey - one tyre shop put some on my ex's car so the wheels they sold her fitted!!

every wheel stud letting go at once??? i think that may have been a set up.

i dont think so - i think the suspect the forces became too large for some of them - they snapped - and once they were gone the others went

but yeh - who knows :D

1) without spacers the wheels hit the caliper.

2) i didnt put the wheels or spacers on, and they must be legal since it has passed 2 rwc's with them on.

3) go f**k your self.

DO NOT TELL HIM TO GO F**K HIMSELF!

he is right, you sir are wrong!

spacers are illegal for a reason, just because they passed roadworthy, doesn't make them legal! lots of things often get overlooked in rwc inspections.

I once had a car, it had wheels that hit the calipers without spacers... so i put spacers on there... one day my wheel fell off, all 5 studs had sheered, the car was damaged and i was lucky not to have been killed or seriously injured!

you change the wheels to suit the car, not the car to suit the wheels!

you change the wheels to suit the car, not the car to suit the wheels!

thanks for that captain obvious, where does it say that i changed the wheels???

atleast i have one up on you, i did not fit these wheels or spacers, i would not be that stupid, im just stuck with the job of fixing the problem.

thanks for that captain obvious, where does it say that i changed the wheels???

atleast i have one up on you, i did not fit these wheels or spacers, i would not be that stupid, im just stuck with the job of fixing the problem.

UMmmmmm... you said it passed 2 rwc's implying that your car is being driven in this condition.

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