So while swapping out tires today, 3 of my studs stripped BAD. 2 on 1 hub and 1 on another. I don't know if I can have the threads fixed so could I have a machine shop re-install new studs or should I get another hub done? Has anyone else run into this problem before? Thanks.

So the thread striped, not the splines? When I done mine I expected the splines to strip before the thread. I used old studs from another hub, did you use new ones? Maybe they aren't the proper high tensile?

So the thread striped, not the splines? When I done mine I expected the splines to strip before the thread. I used old studs from another hub, did you use new ones? Maybe they aren't the proper high tensile?

 

The lugnuts stripped the thread. They all seem to be new ones.

Strange. When I do mine up I use a wheel brace (+ shaped tool with when end about 7" long and different sized sockets on each end, not sure if only Aussies call them a "wheel brace") and I can do them up as tight as I want with only using my hands. I wouldn't think you'd be able to strip 12 by 1.25mm steel threads with only your hands. Sounds like you got some dodgy studs, I'd say get them nocked out and new ones put in, maybe try and get your money back if its worth the time.

I would imagine it would be the same as replacing stripped lug studs on a 4-lug app. pound 'em out, then pound in new ones....

Find a large nut that fits over the stud without touching the threads, along with four new studs (incase you mess one up), and at least four new lugnuts. You will ruin at least one lug nut this way. Hit the bad ones out with a hammer, hold the new ones on from the backside, put the large nut ove rthe stud, thread on the lug nut, and crank it down as tight as you can. Remove the lug nut, use that same nut to go on to the next one. Just like that, don't even have to pull hubs or anything.

 

Oh yeah, be sure to use plenty of anti-seize or magna lube while doing this, use it on the threads only. This lets you put way more pulling force on the studs.

if its the splines in the hub, we ended up putting a tack weld on the back side of one of the cars

lug brace is not a term i have heard before. thank you for clarifying :- )

 

english is so effed up, isnt it??

 

ive heard that called a spanner wrench, but i know for a fact that in england at least a spanner is a totally different tool.. i think its what we in the US call an open end wrench.. ive also heard it called a t-bar, or more commonly a lug wrench or tire iron.. and a tire iron is SUPPOSED to be what you use to pry a bead loose... or at least, it used to be..

 

but like i said, thanks for the clarification. i dont know that I, or most americans would be so thoughtful. maybe we should be, huh?

 

off topic, i really like the international input on this forum. its refreshing, keeps the ol' brain on its toes.

ive heard that called a spanner wrench, but i know for a fact that in england at least a spanner is a totally different tool..

This is what I call most tools, my name for them should discribe them pretty well. I call a adjustible spanner a adjustible spanner, or sometimes a AFS (any f%^#&*$ size), or a open ended spanner, an open ended. or theres the ring spanner.

But yeah, there is some weird stuff with the terms for tools between that big ocean..

doesnt anyone call it a 4 way anymore?

I guess you do

doesnt anyone call it a 4 way anymore?

 

haha yea i do:banana:

four way was the big one i forgot. t-bar and four way were the two terms my friend used.. and come to think of it, theyre both a little... lets just say, able to be taken out of context.

 

 

t-bar??

 

four-way??