When I took off my rear wheel I discovered that one of the lug nuts was cross threaded. After using some physics I managed to break the stud off. I wanted to know what is the best method (good method) to remove the remaining stud from the hub so I can put in the new stud that I got from Ray.

Thanks,
-Bill

 

Personally, I drilled through one

 

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-archives-73/replaced-broken-rear-wheel-stud-41727/

 

If you still have a part of it sticking out just use a hammer to pound it out. It does not take much force at all. If it is broken off at level, use some kind of punch to drive it out. You can buy replacement in most auto stores and simply pull them in by the mounting nut.

I had 4 out of 5 destroyed on one of my wheels when I got my car. Took about 5 minutes to drive them out and put in the new ones.

Albert

Edit: Now that I remember, my messed up studs were on the front wheel. I am not sure that you have the clearance on the back wheels to drive the studs out and put the new one in, without taking the axle out. Check it out. If you have the clearance the hammer works fine.

 

Rear wheel = no clearance so you need to remove the hub and remove the axle flange then you can press in the new studs .I did mine using a large bench vice .The last ones I did I used a hyd press to remove and return the axle flange .You will not need to remove the axle from the transmission .

 

I didn't realize this was going to be such a painful task.

 

Easiest solution (may even be cheaper if since you need to buy a new rear wheel bearing as well as a stud) is to just buy a used rear hub in the parts section of the forum. Somebody will probably have one at a reasonable price. Seperating your rear axle assembly from the hub may be a challenge as these parts tend to bond to one another. This will be an issue in either case.

 

That would have been a better solution if I didn't already have the parts being shipped! Bah why didn't I think of that.

thanks for the heads up though

-Bill