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spinning wheel stud

beaver34 - 13/10/12 at 12:40 PM

hi,

ive got a spinning wheel stud, wheel is stick on the rear of the car carnt get to the back on the stud

any tips for getting it out?

loosing the will to live, tried putting some force on the wheel and nipping the stud but that hasnt worked, also lowered car down to load it up but that not worked either

thanks

blakep82 - 13/10/12 at 12:57 PM

if you take the rest out, and pull hard on the wheel so the wheel sort of pulls on the stud, is that enough to jam the stud with friction? while you undo the nut, with a helper? or impact gun if you have one?

spiderman - 13/10/12 at 01:03 PM

Tack weld a bar on the end of the stud to stop it spinning then wind the nut as far back as possible and hopefully you will have enough room to get behind the nut to be able to cut the stud off, only works if you have open wheel nuts though.

loggyboy - 13/10/12 at 01:13 PM

Worst case scenario, remove the hub nut, if you have calipers remove them, then pull the whole wheel and brake combination off and work from behind.

beaver34 - 13/10/12 at 01:20 PM

It's a axle to no hub but and carnt get the half shaft off for the wheel

I'll try borrow impact gun, wheel nut is longer than stud so not sticking out to weld onto, might have to dremel away at the nut to reveal some stud

PAUL FISHER - 13/10/12 at 01:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
if you take the rest out, and pull hard on the wheel so the wheel sort of pulls on the stud, is that enough to jam the stud with friction? while you undo the nut, with a helper? or impact gun if you have one?

This is the method I used when I had the same problem on my Indy rear wheel stud, someone else pulling on the wheel with a long bar, at the same time I removed nut with my airgun

snakebelly - 13/10/12 at 02:16 PM

angle grind a slot into the centre of the nut as far as you can go, apply mr chisle to slot and give the good news with Tger Tool no 1, usually splits the nut quite cleanly, use the biggest chisle that will fit.
HTH

bi22le - 13/10/12 at 04:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by snakebelly
angle grind a slot into the centre of the nut as far as you can go, apply mr chisle to slot and give the good news with Tger Tool no 1, usually splits the nut quite cleanly, use the biggest chisle that will fit.
HTH

This is what i did but its not as easy as it sounds. It took me and my friend all day.

Search for posts on here i had a 2 or 3 thread about it with lots of good ideas. I also posted my finished results.

Good luck. You cant give up, Whats the alternative ?!?

renetom - 13/10/12 at 05:09 PM

Hi
Split the nut as stated by snakebelly, by far the best method
The stud is buggered anyway.
Worked for me several times over the years, nice cold chisel & a good steel hammer.
get another stud & spot weld it on the back , Job done.
Good luck

MakeEverything - 13/10/12 at 05:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by renetom
Hi
Split the nut as stated by snakebelly, by far the best method
The stud is buggered anyway.
Worked for me several times over the years, nice cold chisel & a good steel hammer.
get another stud & spot weld it on the back , Job done.
Good luck

aeromanboeing - 16/10/12 at 07:43 PM

Some people should stick to production cars !!!