luca

Okay i am reallllly pissed off right now.....i finnally decide to go out and swap my winter tires on....

First wheel i start on...with the car on the ground i started to "crack" the nuts loose before i jack up the car...the wheel lock was fine...first stud is fine.... get to the second and it wont budge...it finally moves a bit

Dam tire shop that put these on cross threaded one of the lug nuts on. I tryed to loosen it and next thing i know the nut came off along with the wheel stud

This is comlete bulls h it im so ******* pissed!!

imported_95bluelx

yeah happened to me last winter, hammer out whateever is remaining go to part source or ct buy a new stud they're like $2. It's still a pain in the ***, but not really that big of a problem.

Cynikal.Mindset

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=907985
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=720159

luca

thanks for the help guys all fixed up now

VTEC_Thunder

Don't mean to hijack this post.....

I have been driving on 3 wheels studs since spring...

Haven't replaced the stud because I was told by a good mechanic I know that you have to split the bearings....after looking at those DIY links...it appears that you do have to split the bearing.

My question is: Do you have to put in a new bearing if yu do this or will the old bearing be ok if you put it back together properly?

My fear is that I f* up the bearing and I'm stuck with a car I can't drive untill I buy a new bearing (about $90-$100).

imported_gatherer

VTEC_Thunder, Not sure about your civic model but on the 5th gens there was a way to do it without removing the hub.

VTEC_Thunder

I have a 2000 civic SiR coupe.

And I have tried to remove the broken stud without splitting the hub and there is no way...There's no cut out or special position or anything...have to split the hub...unless someone knows something I don't.....

luca

When we did mine the grinded down the side of the old bolt so it had clearance.

Also use the grinder to make a little notch in order to cut the new stud in.

Only trouble we ran into was getting my brake rotor off because the screws were seized in there.

Whole process prolly only took like 30-45 min but im sure it can be done in much less

VTEC_Thunder

I've heard of grinding a notch in the spindal and grinding a flat in the new stud........but when it comes to fastening your wheel to the car.....I don't like to cut corners...

Mind you...one little flat on one wheel stud isn't nearly as bad as no wheel stud at all....LOL.

Thanks for the help guys