noble

Hey All,

In the middle of rebuilding my axle, well almost done, and have run into a snag... The wheel studs were pressed out of the hub to remove the brake rotor, but don't seem to fit when the new rotor is sitting behind the hub, I can push them out with my finger, they don't appear to be long enough... Any thoughts? These are the original studs off the 85 axle.

Thanks in advance

noble

How the rotor fits on the back of the hub body with bolts installed and studs in, however they are just resting there



This is me using my finger to push up on one of the studs... This definitely isn't right, any suggestions? These are the stock wheel studs.

CJM

Cant reuse them, need new. They will be a bitach to put in too, press them in.

snobdds

Why did you take them out of the hub to begin with? New hub?

Xeo

I reused my studs and they were pretty tough to beat out and in but they do sit flush with the rotor, but by the looks of your studs your gonna need new ones.

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noble

New rotors, late model solid axles have studs that need to be pressed out

SOLVED... Like an idiot and thinking these were not press on rotor hubs I pressed in the studs to the hub w/o the rotor on, which pressed them in too far and stretched the hub stud holes out big time... ahh the mistakes us homebrew SAS noobs make, live and learn, off to the junkyard

noble

Question in the same vein, will greasing the studs help w/ install? Whaling away on them with a brass drift and BFH doesn't seem to be having the desired effect

Xeo

Probably I didn't use any when I reused my studs, just a couple pieces of wood to keep the hub off the floor, a brass punch to smack in the studs and a mini sledge. I knew I should of taken pictures of how I did it.

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