replacing a wheel a stud on a gsr?

[gilly]

Hi all,

I know I already sortof have a thread relating to my wheel nut issues, but this question is slightly different.

I need to have 1 stud on the rear of my gsr (disc, not drum hub) replaced.

I've been told replacing one of these on a car with drum brakes is easy for any mechanic, but what about when you have disc brakes on the rear?

I was also told I may need to replace the bearings to be able to replace a stud. Is this true?

 

[gilly]

no help peoples?

 

[evopwr]

what exactly do you want to do??? go from 114.3x4 to 5 stud ???

or do you just want to replace the stud to the same one ???

if your just after a replacement, you will need to take off your rear trailing arm, and get the hub pressed out and press in a new hub ( local ABS should do it for under $100).

if youre going to 5 stud, you will need to get an entire rear trailing arm assembly from an fto / 3000gt and go from there

 

[gilly]

just need to replace the standard stud - im not doing any conversions to the stud pattern

Cheers for the info

 

[lefty]

you mean the stud/thread that the bolts screw onto yea?

i had a few of those replaced, only because i had to drill the farkn things out because the nuts were so stuck and basically became round.

some titanium $50 drill bit fixed that

 

[gilly]

you mean the stud/thread that the bolts screw onto yea?

i had a few of those replaced, only because i had to drill the farkn things out because the nuts were so stuck and basically became round.

some titanium $50 drill bit fixed that

yep replacing 1 stud due to a nut being on too tight - it had to be drilled out

 

[gilly]

if your just after a replacement, you will need to take off your rear trailing arm, and get the hub pressed out and press in a new hub ( local ABS should do it for under $100).

I rang ABS and they said they dont have a hub press machine. So they put me onto web suspension, who have a hub press. They reckon it will be closer to $200, because the hub needs to be pressed out, and as soon as you do that you will split the bearings.

So is that true about the bearing stuff?

 

[bazeng]

yes with the vr4 due to the ABS ring...
if its the same, it will need to be pressed out

 

[gilly]

ok. I just rang 'not just brakes' and the guy said its just 1 screw that holds the hub together and it was a piss easy job. I did tell him that the hub needs to be pressed out, but he didnt think it did.

 

[evopwr]

my neighbour has a pneumatic press in his garage.. a universal one.
we pressed out the hub with it and nothing broke ..

gl anyway

 

[gilly]

evopwr, cheers for the info. Tyhe local suspension place took my car for the day (I was willing to fork out $200 to get 1 stud replaced). Picked up the car at the end of the day but they werent able to change the stud.

They said that they quoted me wrongly and didnt realise what type of hub/bearing setup the gsr had. They basically said they will need to order in the bearings from queensland and it will end up costing me $360.

I dont understand why so many people have said its an easy job to replace a stud on a gsr, but then none of the suspension/tyre places seem to be able to do it without needing to replace the bearings.

Can someone enlighten me? Are they just after my hard earned cash?

 

[lefty]

i dont know exactly how my dads mechanic did it, he told me the entire diff needed to be disassembled, but i guess i have the drum brakes at the rear.

$360 is alright imo

 

[crossover]

any time ive had to do one a rattle gun does them a treat, but ive never had to do one on a GSR

 

[gilly]

had some luck with this today.

They were able to remove the stud and replace it in about an hour. It drum brake car should take about half an hour, but disc brake rears take a little longer - apparantly the abs sensors get in a the way a bit, and the whole hub needs to be unassembled.

But they had no issues with splitting the bearings - just greased em up and good to go!

 

[evopwr]

had some luck with this today.

apparantly the abs sensors get in a the way a bit, and the whole hub needs to be unassembled.

yer thats similar to what i said before:

if your just after a replacement, you will need to take off your rear trailing arm, and get the hub pressed out

has the stud been replaced already? how much did it end up costing?

 

[gilly]

yeh it was replaced today.

Total costs:

$70 drilling out of wheel stud (last week)
$60 replacement of stud (today)
$6 new stud - genuine from Mitsubishi

 

[evopwr]

nice

 

[mrcyborg]

man i really saw this one to late. i have done studs on the front of a gsr/evp before they are easy as, i sure i could do one on the rear also. even if it needed to be pressed out i can get that done easy. but if anyone needs studs i can get them easy through work. about 5 buts for a high tensile bolt and replacement nut. can order in stud only also.

 

[gilly]

damn you Simon! i posted this on mgec as well - I should have asked you directly, oh well.