Did a passenger side knuckle rebuild on by 93 cruiser yesterday. As I was taking the bolts off the knuckle studs, one of the studs came out completely when I tried to take off the bolt and I could tell that two of the others were loose. I gave them all a good tighten with some vise grips but my question is what is the proper way to install and torque these studs? Was thinking I would try the Lisle stud installer but it seems like it might be too fat...
Also seems like the drive flange studs need the same thing. As I was putting that cone washer/bolt assembly back together three of the bolts got on the studs and then got to a point where they just spin and spin without tightening. I was really careful to seat them properly and I feel like there is no way I cross-threaded three bolts but what else might cause this? I saw some stuff about maybe causing an issue by hitting the studs to knock the cone washers loose, which is what I did to get them off....I had to hit the brass hammer pretty hard...
Anyways I tried to loosen them and hit some resistance. When I kept loosening I noticed the entire stud was loosening, not just the bolt. So I'm thinking I need new studs there as well, or at least to torque them properly. Anyone have a good method for this? And why are these studs such a pain anyways? I really don't want to lose steering like some other folks have...
Also seems like the drive flange studs need the same thing. As I was putting that cone washer/bolt assembly back together three of the bolts got on the studs and then got to a point where they just spin and spin without tightening. I was really careful to seat them properly and I feel like there is no way I cross-threaded three bolts but what else might cause this? I saw some stuff about maybe causing an issue by hitting the studs to knock the cone washers loose, which is what I did to get them off....I had to hit the brass hammer pretty hard...
Anyways I tried to loosen them and hit some resistance. When I kept loosening I noticed the entire stud was loosening, not just the bolt. So I'm thinking I need new studs there as well, or at least to torque them properly. Anyone have a good method for this? And why are these studs such a pain anyways? I really don't want to lose steering like some other folks have...