cheetah8799 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Greetings again everyone! I managed to partially strip the hub bolt on my 98 Legacy Outback wagon last night. Both the bolt and the nut show some stripping. I tried using different nuts that weren't stripped to see if they would go onto the bolt, didn't force anything, but no luck. So now I am looking at the service manual for how to replace the hub bolt, and it looks to be a bit more involved than I expected. It suggests using a couple different presses that I do not have. Does anyone have any tips or tricks up their sleeve for this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john in KY Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Define "hub bolt". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah8799 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 The bolt that the lug nut screws onto to hold the rim on the car. There are five of them. "hub bolt" according to the service manual that I am reading. Checker Auto calls them "Wheel Lug Stud/Bolt". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah8799 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Nevermind guys, I ran some more searches here with different terms for the stud and found plenty of posts with helpful tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_Dave Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 The bolt that the lug nut screws onto to hold the rim on the car. There are five of them. "hub bolt" according to the service manual that I am reading. Checker Auto calls them "Wheel Lug Stud/Bolt". Oh, you mean the "Penta Spiral Ramp Cut Wheel Retention mechanism"! Manual-speak can be pretty amusing sometimes. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Often you can just chase the threads with a die and clean the threads in the nut with a tap. They should thread on fine then. 12x1.25 thread is your money maker. Good tools to have on hand for the future as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah8799 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Grossgary, I was actually thinking of doing that before fully replacing the stud. I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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