wheel stud replacement

[mohammad]

Hello all,

I need to change my wheel studs, I was wondering if any tips/mirage specific instructional where available?

With the wheel/rotor/caliper off. will there be enough room to pound the studs out or will i need to remove the dust shield/anything else. Also is their a specific torque i should torque the studs too? or any specific tools i should buy?

[daleWV]

This is copied from the 2015 Service manual, I don't know for sure if it applies to your model or not.
I think the dust shield would at least need to be loosened to make room for the stud to come out.

[mohammad]

Those tools look expensive, im praying that i can just bash them out with a hammer, ive never done this before so idk what to expect.

[klroger]

im praying that i can just bash them out with a hammer,

That's called a ""Swing Press"" & it's a lot cheeper than the proper tools

[foama]

Those tools look expensive, im praying that i can just bash them out with a hammer, ive never done this before so idk what to expect.

I would have tried it that way too. Normally they don't need replacement unless they were grossly overtightened.

[Cobrajet]

Few swings with a BFH and they pop right out. Why do you need to change them?

[mohammad]

Few swings with a BFH and they pop right out. Why do you need to change them?

One of them is cross threaded but I think it would look weird if I changed just one so I bought 8 on rock auto. The shop that the previous owner went to probably didn’t start the nuts by hand.

I do not know what “BFH” means? I only own a framing hammer. Wish me luck

[Mark]

One of them is cross threaded but I think it would look weird if I changed just one so I bought 8 on rock auto. The shop that the previous owner went to probably didn’t start the nuts by hand.

I do not know what “BFH” means? I only own a framing hammer. Wish me luck

Replace the one. The other lug nuts won't care or tell!

[Cobrajet]

I do not know what “BFH” means? I only own a framing hammer.

BFH = "Big Fcukin' Hammer".

No real need to change all of them...just the damaged one.

[mohammad]

If anyone was wondering i looked up how much the tool in DaleVW service manual screenshot cost and i found it for 800 USD at https://genuinecarparts.com/index.ph..._name=mb991618 what a deal....