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Replacing a Wheel Stud on Your Car

Your tires are attached to your car by way of lug nuts and wheel studs. When a wheel stud breaks or gets stripped, it can cause your tire to wobble; which can put not only your car in danger but your life. If and when this happens, it's important to be diligent and replace the wheel stud immediately before damage is done to the remaining wheel studs. It may even be a good idea to call a flatbed tow truck to come and take you to a place where you can safely perform this procedure. Now, you can go to mechanic to have them take care of this for you at about 200 bucks a pop, but it's a pretty simply task that doesn't take very long. So why not save your money and just learn how to do it yourself?

To get this job done, you'll need to get your hands on:

• A new pack of wheel studs (consult your owner's manual for the proper size)
• A car jack
• Jack stands
• A lug wrench (preferably a power attachment)
• A chisel
• Machine oil or lubricant
• A hammer or mallet
• Washers

Before you do anything else, go ahead and loosen the lug nuts on the wheel with the problem. Don't take them off; just loosen them so that you're not struggling once your car's up on the jack stands.  After they're loose, use the jack to raise your car by placing it under your cars frame near the wheel you'll be working on. Once you've jacked it to a comfortable height, place it on the jack stands and remove the jack.

Now, remove the lug nuts completely and take off the tire. Set the tire aside. This is the part where things start to vary from situation to situation. Some modern cars will require that you remove the brake calipers and hang them from a bungee next to the work area. If this is so, make sure you don't disconnect the brake line. That's a completely different article. After you've taken off the calipers, remove the rotor from the hub and gently set it aside. Older cars will just have a cover that needs to be removed to expose the area where the wheel studs can be removed, with the brake system underneath that. Either way, you should now see your hub and the exposed wheel studs.

Find the damaged wheel stud and check the bolt hole for shards or fragments. If you find them, hammer them out using the chisel so as not to damage the hub or the wheel bearings. Once you've gotten all of the little bits of left over stud out, add some machine oil or lubricant into the hole to make your installation easier.

Slide the new stud into the bolt hole. It won't go all the way in the first time. If it does, your hub is damaged and that is also a whole new article for me to write. Once the stud is in as far as it will go, attach washers to reduce friction and slide the lug nut down on the outside. Spin it down to finger tight. Using your lug wrench, tighten the lug nut until the wheel stud is pulled flush with the back of the hub. Don't tighten it to the point that you can't get the lug nut off. Then you couldn't put the wheel back on.

Now that your wheel stud is installed, remove the lug nut. If you just had a cover then put it back on. If you had to remove the rotor, then reinstall that followed by the brake calipers. Once that's complete, reattach your tire and tighten the lug nuts as far as you can without destabilizing your car on the jack stands. Place the jack back under your car and jack it up until you make snug contact with your vehicle. Remove the jack stand and lower your car. Once your car is safely on the ground, go ahead and give the lug nuts another half turn to make sure they're secure.

There you go. You just replaced your damaged wheel stud. Remember, this is not something that you can simply put off. Wheel studs are under tremendous pressure while you're driving and if one is damaged it puts the remainder under even more pressure. I implore you not to drive your vehicle until this procedure is complete. Otherwise, it is realistic that you could encounter a road emergency from wheel destabilization.

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