How do you remove a stud from the UIM? One of them is stripped and needs to be replaced.

 

Vise grips.

 

won't that chew it up?

 

Put two nuts on the stud (tighten one on top of each other) and use a wrench on the bottom one to work it out. The top nut will stop the bottom one from loosening off. No need for vice grips.

 

lol who cares.... its garbage anyway

 

Squirt some PB blaster on that bitch too!

 

sounds like some good ideas. Im not worried about the old one, im worried about the new one.

 

Use this procedure to put the new one in, vise grips to remove the stripped one.

 

if you're using the locknut technique, I'd suggest using different size nuts. If the bottom nut is bigger, it will make it possible to use a socket wrench to torque on the bottom nut. Othewise, just use a combination wrench.

 

tap it and put a smaller nut on it.

 

OMG dude you put the vise grips on the part at the base where there is no thread.
I have swapped several and never had any problems.
Throw a rag on the stud if your worried about chewing threads.
It's not a hard thing to do.

 

Im not retarded, i understand where to put the vise grips. I just wasn't sure if you chewed it up if it would do anything bad. Thanks for your help.

 

Sorry if i am short, good luck