Broken wheel stud

[85fj60]

My 60 has a sheared wheel stud in the right rear. When I redid my back brakes I tried whackin' that thing out and all sorts of different things to no avail. I would love to avoid paying a mechanic $80 to remove and reinstall a new one, but I'm at a loss as to the best way to do it. Anyone done this before?? thoughts?

 

[woody]

I believe you can do it with the axle installed....

Pull the wheel/tire, pull the brake drum. If you position it right, there may be room to pound out the bad one and install a new one...if not, then you get to drop the rear diff cover, pull the c-clip for that axle, slide the axle out, then remove and install a new one.

I believe rears can be done without pulling the shaft tho....

 

[85fj60]

What's the best way to "pound it out"? heavy hammer and a drift? How do I get the new one pressed in? Whack it in with a heavy hammer?

 

[theferg]

I broke three wheel studs when one of my old wheel spacers loosened... Anyway, that was on my full-float rear so we just took the hub off and took it to my buddies shop that had a manual press and pressed it out. My thoughts are that it will be easier to work with if you just take the shaft out and set it up somewhere so that you can hit straight down on it. The manual press we used wasn't that special and I'm thinkin' if you just get a BFH and a drift, you will be able to whack it out and do the same to get a new one in. I think if you try to do it with the shaft still installed, you are going to have a heck of a time gettin' the broken one out and even more so gettin' a new one in...

-Ferg-

 

[85fj60]

Thanks for the input, sound like a need to pull the axle shaft and whack away at it. simple and dirty enough for me!

 

[IDave]

I put an old lug nut on the end of mine, so I could hit harder (with a larger maul). That way, it didn't smash down the end of the stud, preventing the outside end from going through the backing plate.

 

[David F]

I did this two months ago. BFH to get the old one out, and pulled the new one into place with a lug nut and a breaker bar. It took about 10 min. once I got the drum off.