75x rear wheel studs broken

Post by **tobie** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:23 am

has anybody had this happen before ?? my drivers side rear wheel studs sheared of, they broke where the thread starts, they were not long ago replaced with genuine parts. does anybody no what causes this and is there a fix so it wount happen again. i was thinkin of getting 79x studs and fitting them to my hubs ?? any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Post by **Shadow** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:05 am

have never heard of this before.

all i could think is that the wheel nuts were loose.

Post by **brighty** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:18 am

tobie wrote:has anybody had this happen before ?? my drivers side rear wheel studs sheared of, they broke where the thread starts, they were not long ago replaced with genuine parts. does anybody no what causes this and is there a fix so it wount happen again. i was thinkin of getting 79x studs and fitting them to my hubs ?? any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Do you mean Axle studs???? or wheel studs????

Post by **tobie** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:40 pm

no i mean the wheel studs, there's six of them

Post by **MY45** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:51 pm

Your wheel nuts were loose, this can happen if there is a bit of mud behind the rim that wears away and loosens the wheel. But it does happen. Replace them and get driving again.

Post by **evil_hitman** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:23 pm

although not as common, it can also be caused by over tightening, usually with a rattle gun.

Matt

Post by **joel HJ60** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:27 pm

How do you replace them guys, is it a big job and whats a new stud gonna cost??

Post by **evil_hitman** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:47 pm

new studs would be under $10 each. can't remember exactly how much i paid for mine but was only a few $ each.
Take off the hub, using a punch and hammer or a hydraulic press, push them out. then using the same, push/punch the new ones in.
Make sure that you have the area directly around the stud on an appropriate anvil as last thing you want to do is bend the hub. If you take the hub off and go down to any mechanics workshop, i wouldn't imagine they would charge you much to press out and press in the studs.

Cheers
Matt

Post by **Bluey** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:58 pm

thanks for info evil, gotta replace mine with longer studs and wasn't sure how to do it. where do i buy longer wheel studs tho?

cheers

Lance

Post by **batcho101** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:30 am

a mate of mine had this happen to his old xr falcon ute. however he was running billet axles and wheel studs with a 520ci windsor. it used to run high 9's. But one day driving round a roudn abotu let a skid rip and sheared every single rear wheel stud which made the rear of the car jump around and slide backwards into a tree at 60km/h and wrote it off

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