wheel stud replacement advice

[monkeyboysee]

hi all,

i'm some honest advice please.

i've just looked up how to replace the rear wheel studs on the Wiki. It all sounds very easy, therefore alarm bells.

i had to have very overtightened nuts loosened off, eventually the mechanic had to use an oxy-acetylene set! when he put the nuts back on, he said that some of the threads had gone and i would need to fit new studs if i needed to change the tyres. I now need to change tyres for the MOT. I have a box of studs ready.

my biggest fear is getting part way through and having a problem. then i can't even drive off to a garage etc. I'm no mechanic, but willing to have a try at some things unsupervised.

[richlaz]

A few years ago I tried changing some, can't remember what car it was! They were extremely difficult to press in using general tools (hammers and a vice!), Eventually took the drum and studs to a local garage for him to use his press, was done in seconds.

Never done it on a T25, so can't comment on that, but I'd have thought it would be similar.

Would it be possible to repair the thread(s) with a die, or are they too buggered?

[AdrianC]

i had to have very overtightened nuts loosened off, eventually the mechanic had to use an oxy-acetylene set! when he put the nuts back on, he said that some of the threads had gone and i would need to fit new studs if i needed to change the tyres. I now need to change tyres for the MOT. I have a box of studs ready.

If the nuts went on and torqued up sufficiently to hold the wheels on since then, then there's no reason why they won't come off and go back on again now, sufficiently to hold the wheels on.

Yes, they could well benefit from replacement, but either he left you driving round in a distinctly dodgy state or the replacement isn't immediately desperate.

BTW, if the tyres "need changing" for the MOT, then they're illegal to be driving around on. The legal and MOT standards are the same (1.6mm over 75% of the tread width). Three points per tyre, if Mr Plod catches you first!