fitted up the cossie hubs etc to the 3dr yesterday, and then smashed out the wheel studs to put the longer ones in...

i thought i could just wind a wheel nut on against the hub and it would pull it in...

well, not quite

they go so far in... then wont go in any further lol

so how you get em in?

is a hub off job and a press?

 

I allways put a few washers over the threads and like you said, nut on and tighten it up, pulling it through.

Never taken a hub off to do it

 

smash them in with a copper hammer

 

use a spacer
use a steel nut as well as you can reverse it as the flat end will do much more even job of pulling and locking the knurled bit of the stud into place

 

cheers boys, ill try it with washers when im down the lockup next.

gareth, cant really get a mallet onto them, the only gap is between the lugs of the brake calliper, and you cant get a flat hit on the stud, only the edge

 

sod putting washer in then
put the studs in as far as you can go
the bit at the end you can't get tightened enough you just put the brake dics on and use that

 

sorry i thought the hub was off

i wound mine in when they was fitted to the car though

 

cheers G

Dojj, there is no shank bit to the stud, it just wouldnt do up any tighter, but ill have another go with washers on

 

ive used the washers to spread the load, and pull it through nicely.



note : im not talking about using washers behind the hub, just to spread the load , they are removed once the studs 100% home.

 

 

2 nuts will also do it

 

?
are you doing it the way in the diagram shows?
if so, you just use the disc instead of the washers

 

do the new studs have the RIGHT amount of splines for the hub? IF so they should just pull tight with ease!

 

Alvyn


dunno, could be why it tights as fook then lol

 

Some studs have a very slight angle to the splines so make sure they are lined up ie spline in between spline etc, had this recently on a honda(yank), though he was quoted two hours labour to remove hub etc, did it in 5 minutes no hub off!!
tabetha

 

they can be pulled out with just as much ease then

they need to go in tight as fuck as they stop the wheel nuts from spinning when you try to undo them
if they are the wrong ones you are fucked come this time if this happens

did you get them from speedshack? he sells them for the sierra and they slot right into place

(other suppliers do exsit)

 

they came with the Eiback 20mm spacers lol
the rear 30mm spacers are hubcentric and bolt to the hub, then whell then bolts to the spacer

 

Dan, how'd you get on?

 

not been back down yet mate, ill hopefully get over tomoz.

(the car is a 70 mile round trip fomr my house, not in the garage unfortunatly )