I have a 96 Civic.....Two of my wheel studs broke and I need them changed. I already took of the caliper, rotor, axle nut but the @#$%ing hub won't budge at all....NEED HELP badly! Is there a special tool that i'll need to borrow to take the hub off. Any tips, tricks, ideas, or even suggestions........

 

you have to unstake the bent part, then i usually just pound on it with an impact wrench for a few minutes. you usually need a decent sized impact though. or a really long breaker bar.

 

What do you mean "unstake the bent part"? What bent part? And an impact wrench is out of the question cause I don't have a compressor or a impact wrench. I wish I did though it would probably be a whole lot easier.

 

there is a small portion of the hubnut that is bent into the groove in the axle. you need a fine point chisel to drive in there to push it out of the way. then get a BREAKER BAR (youll break a ratchet) and a good quality socket. then slip a piece of pipe about 3-4 ft long over then end of the bar, and have a friend step on the brakes really hard, and stand on the cheater bar. hopefully it will break loose. be careful though. i almost broke my nose once doing this, I was pushing down with all of my weight and it slipped off and my face slammed into the fender.

 

Oh....I already got the nut off. I tried pounding the hub out with a regular hammer but the dust plate is in the way and I can only pound one side cause of that. So I guess I just have to KEEP pounding with the hammer. I think I hit that thing for about 5 minutes and it still didn't budge......

 

hehe the hub/wheelbearing needs to be pressed on and off. there is a little trick if you have a grinder. with the caliper removed you can now see the actual hub portion. grind yourself a notch to where you can unistall and reinstall the wheel studs.

 

lol, everyones talking about different stuff




Yeah, wheel studs need to pe pressed. Might as well chang all 4 while your at it.

 

OIC now. yeah, you need to either notch it, or get the hub pressed out by a machinist. if you do that, be prepared to buy a new wheel bearing, as they can break coming out, and its not going to be the machinists fault, as its pretty normal.

 

you can actually seat the wheel studs using your lig nut(preferably one you dont use anymore) just install it, run a lug nut down the stud till it stops and then hit it either with an impact gun or a breaker bar(turn the nut down) usually does the trick everytime. or you can buy yourself a stud installing tool which is basically the same thing.