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| | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 96 | Any of you folk know an easy way or the best way to install lug studs in the front drums/hubs?
Last edited by Mr Crosswrench; 01/19/2013 7:59 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 | 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. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | 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.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 96 | Thanks for the tips. no press available so I'll try the wheel stud installer
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,252 | I've installed plenty of stud using this tool, and have never broken a stud using it. 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. | | |
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