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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Nobby on December 29, 2014, 10:45:23 AM

Title: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: Nobby on December 29, 2014, 10:45:23 AM

Hi guys and girls

have any of you changed the rear wheel studs on a 97 ZJ by any chance as the kind previous owner thought it was a good idea to use the garages air gun so i am now down to 1 stud onthe rear n/s and its not pretty and could have been bloody dangerous

thanks in advance

and Happy 2015

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: JamesH on December 29, 2014, 10:56:20 AM

Yes, I've fitted replacement studs. They are just a press in type, being a bit thick I just hammer the old ones out (shaft removed from axle), tap new ones in square to get started and then put a thick washer on and wind the stud into place with a nut.

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: Dave69 on December 29, 2014, 06:09:39 PM

as James has said, if you have a spare wheel nut put that on the thread and wind down until the bolt is flush and use that as the hitting surface. it save on bending a stud which then makes it harder to remove. they are only a splined interference fit. replacements may be sourced in std or long lengths

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: Nobby on December 29, 2014, 07:09:29 PM

thanks for the reply guys have you done it in situ???

as never removed a shaft out of these

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: Cockney Boy on December 29, 2014, 07:21:41 PM

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Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: wildwood on December 29, 2014, 09:07:19 PM

Got the 16 studs out of my1 tonne drums and into the discs for the drum to disc conversion with no damage......
And no I don't know what I'm doing....... :hysterical:

Just obeyed the pirate type instructions and used a copper hammer.....job done and one mullared copper hammer....... :icon_super:

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: georgen on December 30, 2014, 08:21:34 AM

Done my Tj rear axle in Situ, I end up chewing my wheel nuts up as they made of cheese, so get a normal nut that fits the stud thread, you also need a thick washer as when I did mine, nut was at end of thread but stud was nut fully home, the thick washer allowed it fully home.

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Stud Replacement
Post by: Nobby on January 02, 2015, 11:46:28 AM

thanks for all the info guys the job is done thankfully

is there supposed to be top and bottom float in the rear shaft if so how much