Originally Posted By: supton
Originally Posted By: Srt20
Take wheel off. Turn hub until broken stud has nothing or very little behind it, may have to take brake caliper off. Take one hammer and place it over broken stud. Take another hammer and hit first hammer with a good solid swing. Pick up broken stud and throw away. Place new stud in hole. Take wheel nut backwards, with big oversized washer on stud first. Use a little oil or lube and buzz nut on with good impact. Rattle impact pretty good, or torque it to 30lbs more than what factory torque spec is. Take nut and washer off and put wheel on.
All done
hitting a hammer with another hammer? is the first hammer some sort of non-hardened hammer? or is the second one a deadblow?
Yes one hammer will work. But 2 hammers work better.
Most people that don't work with tools everyday aren't all that good with them. So they have a much greater chance at missing and grazing, or flat out hitting another stud. Well do that and there is a good chance you screwed up,that stud too. Before you know it, you will have to replace all the studs.
Just use two hammers and don't screw the rest up.
It doesn't take a 15lb sledgehammer to pop the studs out. One solid whack and the stud comes out. the bearing will be fine. If it can't handle it, it can't handle the weight of the vehicle.