front hub removal!!! any help would be great.

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ok i looked every where and still couldnt find anything, today i snapped 3 studs off the front hubs and tomorrow im goin to the junk yard to get 2 because both sides are crossed threaded and broken. my ? is how do i remove the hub assembly? thanks for the help if theres any pics or threads already direct me towards them. greatly appreciate the help!


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ummm wow man thanks, thats alot easier then i thought, i appreciate the help!

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Stud replacementStud replacement2

a couple on stud removal. other article looks better.

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what would be easier buying new studs or swapping hubs? i need about 8 studs just to be safe or like i said just swap the whole hub?

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if you're going to take the hub off, you may as well cave yourself the step of swapping studs and put a different hub on there. my deciding factor will be which will cost less.

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looks like they go for around 35 each. varies a lot. looks like 89-93 are compatiblehttp://www.car-part.com/cgi-bi...age=2

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the junk yard wants $20 each so if those studs aint bad then im just gonna do that.

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just replace the studs man it takes like 30sec i was driving the other day ans snapped 3 off aswell i came home grabbed some spare studs put then in in like 30sec and my car was back on the road

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the studs area around a buck at rockauto. i paid 13 dollars at the dealership for one.

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Keep hub on. Buy OEM studs. I've heard baddddd things about cheap crap from Auto Zone. They break, strip, etc.

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snowyred180 wrote:cheap crap from Auto Zone. They break, strip, etc.
I have six of them on my car.And they're fine.

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just got back from junk yard and i just grabbed the studs, alot easier then takin the whole hub(that and i didnt have all my tools ) thanks for the help everyone!


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