What will it take to replace a broken lug on the hub sitting in my living room? Do I need to take it to a shop?

 

Im guessing you're referring to stud? Well I believe you need to have a new stud pressed in by a shop. Theres a thread archived regarding this, check it out: Changing wheel studs

 

Thanks, now I have to find a shop to do it at a reasonable price. After closer examination, there's on bad lug (stud) on each of threehubs. Oh well, the joys of upgrading with used parts

 

Uh arent the studs just threaded in? Go get a grinder, grind one side of it flat. Then take vice grips (after soaking it w/ antiseize for atleast 24hrs) and turn it out. That is assuming you can still get to them

 

Upon closer inspection, they are definately pressed in. The threads stop about 3/8" above the hub.

 

So do the studs on the turbo, but they are threaded

But I dont know, others said they needed to be pressed. Personally I havent looked at them.

 

the studs have a spline at the end that goes into the hubs. They do not need to be pressed out by a shop. You can buy new studs at and anto parts store. You will need to match up the thread diameter and pitch. You need a hammer and a punch to get the old one out and to start the new one and then as you tighten up the lug nut it will pull the spline part of the stud into the hub. This is a very easy job with a goos size hammer and a good punch.

 

By a good sized hammer, you mean something more massive than the carpenters hammer in my toolbox, right?

So that means I soak the stud in penetrating oil overnight, then whack the hell out of it? or do I need to take some other steps first?

 

Yeah a regular size hammer should work. Soaking it in penetrating oil can't hurt. Just try not to hit the hub with the hammer. Also if you can mount the hubs in a vice it will be alot easier.

 

Cool. I'll get these things soaking so I can start in on on them. So, it's just whack away then, right? I'm banking on making the swap next saturday so I don't have to spend money on new pads for the stock four lug hubs.

 

If you're going to do this youself: When you "whack" the studs out, support the back by placing the hub over the jaws of a vice with the offending stud in the center. You can also put a couple of blocks of metal under the flange to support it before you massacre it. When you pull the new stud in, I would be very cautious when turning lug nut. If you have aluminum, or even steel rims, the turning could chew them up. I'd op to slide some oversize nuts over the stud, invert the lug nut and tighten down, which then would pull the stud in.

 

After an application of Naval Jelly and several application of silicone based penetrating oil (Brand Name: Super Lube), I held the miscreant hubs in my left hand, and whacked the lugs, all in my living room. No drive just to get ready for the swap. Thanks for the help. I'll pick up replacement lugs tomorrow.