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Any of you folk know an easy way or the best way to install lug studs in the front drums/hubs?

I'm not familiar with the '42. However, typical installation would be to use a press to push it in. If you don't have a press, a drift and a hammer does the trick. I have found that, more times than not, using an impact gun and lug nut to draw it in usually breaks the stud if it doesn't stretch it.

Wheel stud installer. This one does use the nut and an impact to draw the stud into the hub/alxe flange, there's a bearing in it that allos the nut to spin freely. I've installed plenty of stud using this tool, and have never broken a stud using it.

Thanks for the tips. no press available so I'll try the wheel stud installer

Then again, come to think of it, the ones I've broken have been the big ol' Budd studs using a 1" gun.

If you do use the drift and hammer method, you'll know it is seated when the tone of the hitting sound changes.