Is there a special tool to get these on? I was going to try and stack washers but I don't have any LOL. Any help?

 

I don't get what your asking ?

 

How do I get them snug to the rotor. The threads that the lug nut goes on. I had to take them out and install new ones. I can't seem to get them in.

 

Are you talking about the wheel studs themself. that goes threw the rotor? they should be spline(on my 4x4 they are) and taking a hammer and hitting them will do the trick,using a press will work. i hammered mine in from the back, real easy. and then when you put the wheel on and tighten them down, and the wheel will take care if there is any space left.

 

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At work I use a larger nut about 3/4 an inch thick with a hole big enough to allow a little room for the cone end of the lug nut to seat into and then use a 1/2 inch air gun. hit it with the gun and then back it off, then hit it again. repeat a few times till the shoulder on the back seats against the hub. Then put your wheel on and torque the lug nuts done to 120lbs, if 19mm or 21mm and 145lbs if 7/8" or 15/16" . Remove your wheel and check to see if the lugs are straight and seated all the way in the hub. using a hammer to remove them is ok but I dont recommend using a hammer to install them, while the hub is still on the truck, maybe to start them but not to install them all the way, you cant swing that hammer hard enough. if you take the hub off the truck and start them with a hammer, then use a press that will work, but a large nut or washer and an air gun will do the trick. after they are seated and torqued with the wheel on you shouldnt have a problem just make sure you have a few extra nuts though encase you mess one up. good luck. oh if you take the hub off the truck and take it and the new lug studs to a tire shop they can install them for you cheap.

 

I'd recamend a press or a good size vice, some help to hold the hub, and press them in, otherwise Ditto to what Tsoptich said....

Personally, since the hub will probably have to come off to get the old ones out, or to realy get he new ones seated, i just take them to a local tire shop... They usually do it free, if they have the spare time between a couple other shop jobs... YMMV on the free part though..

G.

 

How is that bad advice?

 

i use an air hammer.. in and out.

 

I used the stacked washers and lug nut method to do mine. I did leave the studs in the freezer for a few days before I did the job to make them "shrink" ever so slightly. The lug nut pulled the studs right into place.

 

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The main thing that may not be good about it is not knowing if it pulled all the way in, it could lead to the wheel being loose again. I have had more than a few that did not pull all the way in before, and would have not known it if the wheel was still on. I use the larger nut, washers, some kind of spacer method and an impact. Generally pulls them right in, but every so often, one won't pull all the way in.

 

my rotor was bad on my 4x4 and when i changed it out, i put the wheel studs in the new rotor line them up, hit the back of them till the rotor made a diffrent ting and seated to the rotor. put the rotor on, and torque the lugnuts to 100ftlbs.then i lossen them, and did it again, havent had a problem. A week or so later i recheck, still tight.

 

I have worked on one wheel for an hour and still get them in. Now I am converting to disc brakes. I have pulled the hub and put it over my rotor (drum brakes in rear). Should the stock studs still work?

 

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