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bswanzek Enthusiast

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I have a 2004 1500 crew cab short box Z71. Snapped one of the wheel studs off on the drivers side rear when swapping wheels. How are the studs replaced?

 

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Depends if you want to do it the "right" way or the "easy" way.

 

The right way would require pulling the axle shaft out of the rear, pressing out the broken stud, and then pressing a new one into place.

 

However, if there's enough room to slip a new stud in from behind the axle flange, then you can do it the "easy" way. It will require you to sacrifice a lugnut or two to do this. You'll have pull the rotor and the parking brake pad to see if there's room.

 

First, you have to hammer out the broken stud. They are just press fitted into place. Next, you fit the new stud in from behind and thread a lugnut onto it. I'd apply some grease to the end to help reduce friction. Now, just tighten the hell out of that lugnut until the back side of the new stud has finally seated itself on the back of the flange. You'll completely bugger up that lug nut, so don't ever expect to use it again. When you get the new stud (I'd get a few for spares as well - they're cheap), get a few extra lug nuts, or some grade 8 nuts that fit the threads (it's metric, 12.5mm if I remember correctly). Anything less than grade 8 will probably just strip threads before you're done.

 

I had to do this on my '93 Olds some years ago. Some jerk at a local tire place had cross threaded one of the lugnuts and then used the impact wrench to put the d**n thing on. Snapped the instant I tried to remove it. I later had to replace several that literally started breaking due to fatigue. That was caused by not having the wheels torqued properly (my fault that time) and the brake rotor was actually slipping between the wheel and the hub flange.

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Sometimes it helps to apply a small amount of heat to the hole in the axle flange and put the new stud in the freezer for overnight. Heat will expand the hole and the cold will contract the stud. Ever so slightly, but it does help.

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