August 28, 200916 yr 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?
August 28, 200916 yr Author 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".
August 28, 200916 yr Author Nevermind guys, I ran some more searches here with different terms for the stud and found plenty of posts with helpful tips.
August 28, 200916 yr 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
August 28, 200916 yr 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.
August 28, 200916 yr Author Grossgary, I was actually thinking of doing that before fully replacing the stud. I'll give it a shot and see what happens.
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