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splitrivet - 17/12/08 at 06:57 PM

Hi guys, was refitting my front wheels and one of the nuts felt a bit tight next thing I know the stud came out of the splined area in the hub. Now I can't get the nut off or on, I tried getting a long chisel and hammering the stud back in but Ive only got a couple of inches clearance behind the wheel and cant get enough leverage to get it in all the way.
Cant unbolt the caliper and unbolt the wheel from the disc because the wheels in the way . Using a nut splitter is out because they are sleeved nuts.
If anyone can think of a fix I'd be eternally gratefull its driving me bonkers.
Cheers,
Bob

philw - 17/12/08 at 07:05 PM

I don't know what set up you are using but can't you undo the bearing and take the hub and wheel off together.

prelude1980 - 17/12/08 at 07:10 PM

try to drill the stud out?

thats what i done when i split some nuts on my honda

splitrivet - 17/12/08 at 07:10 PM

Its a Cortina hub, I could undo it from the wheel bearing but the wheel nut is still going to be stuck halfway in.
Cheers,
Bob

Mark G - 17/12/08 at 07:17 PM

but you'd be able to get on the back of the stud.

splitrivet - 17/12/08 at 07:22 PM

Thought about it Mark but the disc is in the way, if I could get the caliper off I could unbolt the disc from the hub and get at the stud but I need the wheel out of the way to remove the caliper. Undoing the wheel bearing gets me nowhere other than having the complete assembly off of the car.
Cheers,
Bob

rusty nuts - 17/12/08 at 07:23 PM

If you are careful you can drill down the side of the nut perhaps on opposite sides then use a small sharp chisel to split the nut . Sounds like a new stud and nut would be a good idea.

splitrivet - 17/12/08 at 07:25 PM

I thought about that as well rusty but its a sleeved nut most of it is within the wheel.
Cheers,
Bob

jollygreengiant - 17/12/08 at 07:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
I thought about that as well rusty but its a sleeved nut most of it is within the wheel.
Cheers,
Bob

You will only need to remove the nut from the taper/mounting flat outwards. the sleeve (if I am thinking about this right) will not retain the wheel, only act as a locating spigot. Once you remove the head of the nut the wheel will come off. A drill, a chisel and a dremel will be your freinds along with time and care.

splitrivet - 17/12/08 at 08:34 PM

WOO HOO SORTED managed to do it only taken me 4 hours of cursing sweating and head scratching, managed to bent a stick welder electrode and weld the mushroom of the stud onto the hub ground it off after in preparation for a new stud.
Moral of story, check condition of wheel studs before bolting on wheel and never force the nut.
Thanks for the input guys.
Cheers,
Bob


[Edited on 17/12/08 by splitrivet]

mad-butcher - 17/12/08 at 08:45 PM

hope you disconnected the battery

johnston - 17/12/08 at 08:48 PM

another trick I done that worked very well was a touch of JB qwik weld

Danozeman - 18/12/08 at 08:14 AM

Well done buddy. Thats a good way of getting it off.