wheel lug studs

Any problems with beating out the studs on a 2001 4 wheel drive. I have a couple of stripped ones on the back hub assembly and looking to not get the whole assembly. Do I have to worry about damaging the bearings? Thanks.

 

Have you considered pressing them out with a ball joint press rather than beating them out?

 

Yeah, getting them out is one thing. Getting the new ones in is another.

 

Use a lug nut installer. Lisle makes a couple sizes. Not sure which you would need.

 

I put a socket and some washers around it and just tightened it on. Granted that was a Toyota van not my 4runner but it should work no?

 

Yup. That will work. But you will tear up the lug nut for sure - so have 1 you are ready to sacrifice. The lisle tool will as well but what I like about the lisle tool is that it has a bearing on one side so it minimizes the risk of damage to the hub surface.

 

I recently had the studs replaced on the LR wheel. (Don't ask. It was quite the ride.) I watched the mechanic bash the studs out with a 4 lb maul. Fished the new studs in with a magnet-on-an-antennae thingy. To seat the studs, he used a way-oversized nut that slid over the studs, kinda like a spacer, and seated them with a new lug nut. Took him less than 30 mins to do the job.

 

Makes sense. Mechanic gets the job done quick and gets paid. In 5k miles he may get another job to do the bearing / hub.

The tool he used to install sounds like the Lisle tool I mentioned earlier.