Wheel Studs R & R

[snowsurfer]

Any easy way to change a broken wheel stud?

[HenryJ]

Front or rear?

You can just take a BFH and knock them out. Be sure to align them to a position that will not damage anything when it comes out.

The preferred method of installation is to use a press to install them. However at times it may be inconvenient to remove the hub or axle, for stud replacement.

You can change one or two on the vehicle, but you'll need a couple additional lug nuts, and a stack of washers.
Insert the stud from the back side of the flange, line up the splines with any reliefs that may be there from the previous stud. lubricate the washers and place a stack of them over the stud leaving enough threads to fully thread the nut when threaded on backward. This means flat side toward the washers. A grade 8.8 or higher nut can be substituted for a lug nut if you don't have one available.
Carefully tighten until the stud is fully seated.

Ok, now you will ask why all the washers? They protect the flange, and act as bearings to reduce friction when tightening.
Why not use the stock lug nuts? You will damage the threads in the nuts during installation. You may get lucky and pull two studs in place with one nut, but it will be pretty rough after that. You don't want to use these afterward since they will likely ruin a stud, or be unsafe to hold the wheel.

[snowsurfer]

thanks for the info, it's fronts, disc up front don't know if it makes any difference...

[HenryJ]

thanks for the info, it's fronts, disc up front don't know if it makes any difference...

Not much difference for ours. You will have to remove the rotor to do this , of course.

If you have a choice, black is harder than zinc plated. Zinc plated parts are generally softer. If you have a choice get the black. The zinc is helpful in areas where rust is a real problem, but I find that they strip, or damage easier than they rust , causing problems.

[snowsurfer]

I live in Hawaii and good selection of parts are hard to find, no one had dark ones...

[HenryJ]

I know how that is. My town is all mail order. You can get anything that you want ... if you can wait a few days