So long story short, I need to take off one of the studs on the front passenger side due to it being stripped.

I was just wondering if anyone has done this. Fitisbamf and I tried last night (well mostly Fitisbamf) and we got stuck trying to take off the hub. That was the last part that needed to be removed but it's stuck on there pretty good.

Any ideas on how to get that part off??

Sorry no pics. It was dark and my phone was almost dead

 

this maybe? Wheel Stud Replacement - Replacing a Stripped Wheel Stud

 

I broke a stud a while back and from what I've read on here, you can only get it out and a new one back in only with a shop press. I took mine to a tire/wheel place to get it pressed out for about $50 including parts. Honda wanted to charge me $300+ to replace it.

 

I replaced all front and back studs with longer ones to work with a new set of wheels I picked up. The rears were a cinch, the fronts anything but. I'm pretty sure there are two ways you can go about it: 1. you can attempt to get access to the head of the stud with a grinder and flatten off part of it so there's room to knock it through with a mallet. 2. Unbolt everything form the knuckle and remove it. Buy a new bearing and circlip, take it to a machine shop, have them press the old hub out, replace the stud, replace the wheel bearing, press everything back together, and hope they didn't bend something in the process. My shop bent the hub. So I tried it all again at another shop with a new hub and another new bearing. They didn't bend anything thing but they did press the bearing in the wrong way and my ABS no longer worked (there's a sensor on the bearing and it only works if installed one way). So, then I picked up my fourth wheel bearing and headed to the honda dealer to get it done right once and for all.

With that said, I'd go with the grinding the head of the stud method and try to avoid the whole removal of the knuckle bit. It was a never ending nightmare.

 

Thanks! But at part 4, when we hammered the stud out, we found out there wasnt enough room for the stud to come out. We rotated the hub over and over but there was no space. We need to get that stupid hub off -_-

 

sucks. hope you get that taken care soon...

 

Oh snap! I know exactly what your dealing with buddy. I tried replacing the front studs my self, due to wanting to install wheel spacers. Then I realized I won't be able to do this with out a press or $$$. I was successfully able to replace the rear. It was easier.

I did read something about grinding down one small area of the metal part of the hub, just enough for the studs to go in and out. With out taking off the hub and etc. check that out if its possible.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll see what I can do and report back later on

 

i just had my front studs replaced because the wheel shop insisted on impacting the lugs "snug" *Fail. They replaced my studs with the proper procedure. removing knuckle... etc.

However, if you do want to do this at home: Cut the existing studs short with an angle grinder (so that they can easily be pounded out). Then to install the new studs, without mashing the threads, carefully grind down the head of the stud so that one side is flat and can clear the hub. pull them thru and re install the wheel.

(i read this on another thread and was too lazy to find it for you)

 

I wish it was that easy. I actually going to do that, since it work for the 95 civic. But for the Fit, totally different. There is no
F*ing room for the studs at all! Solid metal hud behind the studs.

 

The only 'right' way it to remove the hub and press them out. Pounding can/will damage bearings.

 

Had this problem when I broke off 2 studs. The shop said they couldn't remove the hub without destroying it (BS), I immediately called Honda and quoted me 2 hours of labor. $250 later I had new studs

 

$250 not bad at all. They quoted me $400, and then the mechanic told me ” you look like a good man, I'll make it $300”
Then I said no thanks.

 

Yea, will try to get a shop to do this. Hopefully they dont F it up

 

ok there would be enough room, but the fit has a metal ring on the knuckle stoppin everything from backing out, i dont believe the grinding method would work. only on removal. now with that said i have changed the rears, with everything off it takes like 10 min. if that, but the front id say 2 hours of work is right, i still wouldnt pay a shop over 90$ an hour so if quoted for 250 id tell them to start suckin it.

 

grind here

 

taken off a gd? the knuckle is big on the ge, i didnt look across the bottom but the ge seems to need more then half the stud grinded off

 

ahh its for the GD. i didnt realize this was the GE forum

 

Ahhh got my hopes up! Thanks anyway lol

 

haha gd forums get me all the time!