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Changing Rear Wheel Studs


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  • Moar Powar Babeh
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Guys,

have searched through 30 pages of search results and i cant seem to find any threads relating to change rear wheel studs? :idunno:

Whos done it? Whats involved on a sedan, does the hub need to come off or can they be squezed in/out?

After my escapade with the loose rear wheel I want to change the rear studs for peace of mind

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Luke :thumbsup:

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offically the hubs need to come off, but..................

We had a customer who damaged a couple of studs and he wanted it fixed as cheap as he could get it done for, we discussed it with him and decided to drill a hole in the backing plate so the stud would come out of that rather than removing the hub, hole could be covered with a rubber grommet when finished.

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O I C, thanks for the tips ratter, i think my car will be getting the same treatment. Did you just bang a hole through the plate with a hole saw? I gather there is room to move the stud past the hand brake etc? or does the assembly need to be removed?

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it was a while ago, but discs have to be removed and I think we removed the shoes, but with rotrs off that's an easy job, yeah just a hole saw through the back, just large enough for the base of the stud to fit through

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Thanks for the info mate :thumbsup: I have a limited amount of time to do it before i head off on a short holiday so I didnt want too get caught having to strip half the arse end of the car down to get the hubs pressed out!

cheers

Luke :idunno:

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it is an absolute c**t of a job.. the rotors, shoes and clips all need to come off.. and there is NO way to get one in without drilling a hole, I even tried a mechanic who spent about 4 hours on it... and came back with the conclusion that id have to pull apart the hub and do new rear wheel bearings at the same time... so ive been rollin around on 4 studs for a while... spose I should just drill a hole haha

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Hi Guys,

Thanks to Ratter great little tip i had the studs changed in aprox 45 mins. Worst part was removing/installing the park brake shoes. (not exactly a design triumph from fraud!)

I wound up driving ahole aprox 21mm in diameter at 12 o'clock position on the dust shield between the two up right for the upper arm and punched the studs out through there. A word of warning tho, the new studs have a shorter splines section that is machined closer to the head of the stud so they need to be enagaged as tight as possible before you try to tighten them down. One of my studs spun and trashed the spline so it had to be replaced.

Thanks again for the tip Ratter :spoton:

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Hey guys, I am not sure if the Xr's are the same as on the territorys. But when I did the wheels studs on a territory I ran into the issue of the dust plate. Instead of drilling through the dust plate, there is a section of it that has machines notch out of it. You can rotate the dust plates notch, to each of the wheel studs position and tap the wheel stud out through the gap. I will let you guys know if its the same on my xr6t ute.

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I will let you guys know if its the same on my xr6t ute.

Changing a rear wheel stud on a ute requires removing the bearing (ie it's the same as a wagon). Then you remove the ABS rotor, which is what is in the way of removing the wheel stud.

Broke a rear wheel stud on girlfriend's taxi this week, so will have a go at pressing the bearing off with a press and re-using it (ie the bearing is only a few weeks old). No big deal - a new bearing set is $27.50 if I need to replace it (Timken 2985 will do). I'll press the collar off first and then the bearing cage separately.

Full details on what I was doing recently:

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/88405-photo-essay-babf-ute-wagon-rear-axle-bearing-replacement/

BF_Falcon_Rear_Axle_Bearings_26_23_3_201

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