so.. being the forgetful procrastinator that I am.

i was a dumb*ss and after replacing some parts behind my driver's side rotor i was tired as hell and decided to call it a night and go to sleep...
so apparenlty in my anxiousness to get inside i forgot to tighten my bolts on the wheels all the way again after lowering the car off the jack stands

so of course while i was driving home FROM work my fu*k'n wheel flew off and one of my wheel studs got stripped and shredded to hell.
:eek: :( :eek:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2275.jpg

i jacked it up and put the wheel back by borrowing a wheel stud bolt from each of the other wheels so i could drive it home and it drove fine.
there were no leaks or anything, but i did bend my front body panel a bit and I needed to replace the wheel stud. I heard you can hammer them in, but i always mess things up when i hammer sh*t :tongue:

the next day i walked to AutoZone and found out they had some cheap bolts and the new wheel studs for about $2.00 a pop

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i needed to remove the wheel, caliper, and rotor for this project

the removal of the axle isn't necessary, but i was doing something else also, so its off in the picture... i would say leave it on though

there is a hole in the heat shield that you can see the back of the wheel studs from, as shown here:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2280-1.jpg

what i did was put the new stud in from the back of this hole (with the rotor off for the time-being)

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2281.jpg

then with the new stud aligned properly in its new home, i slipped on the rotor and to gimme some extra help with tightening it on, i found a few washers to put onto the new stud in between the rotor and the bolt for it [temporarily]

i screwed the bolt on by hand until "finger-torque" wouldn't make it go anymore and then used the ratchet to get it on tighter.

when the whole axle started to turn i got a big screwdriver:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2276.jpg

to slip in between the "teeth" of the rotor to give me some leverage as i tightened the bolt on and to prevent it from turning:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2277.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2278.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/ref1ex/sr20forum/840A2279.jpg

and tightened until the back end of the wheel stud was flush with the hub

[i would check this every few turns by taking off the rotor and popping my head into the wheel well]

i took off the washers and put things back together.

it worked fine for me, no problems, and i remembered to tighten the little suckers this time.

i guess this application works when replacing a stud on an existing hub, not sure how it would work out if it was a brand new one not attached to the car though

:biggthump

good little write up. i'd have to say it works "sometimes", as i had tried the same method on a friend's honda, and it ended up stripping the teeth on new bolt. i'd say "best" but longest and hardest way is to remove hub, then hammer out. i did one on my front of my b13. hammered it out, but hammering it back in, there seems that there wasn't quite enough room. it worked out eventually, but mine didn't seem to have enough room like yours does in the picture.

good little write up. i'd have to say it works "sometimes", as i had tried the same method on a friend's honda, and it ended up stripping the teeth on new bolt. i'd say "best" but longest and hardest way is to remove hub, then hammer out. i did one on my front of my b13. hammered it out, but hammering it back in, there seems that there wasn't quite enough room. it worked out eventually, but mine didn't seem to have enough room like yours does in the picture.


thanks :biggthump

while doing it earlier, i had hoped it wouldnt strip the grooves off the new one.
guess i was lucky though. :D :D :D

i would say, in regards to working on your car, the long and hard way is probably gonna be the best bet, but the part was only $2.00

lol