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Subject:Wheel stud problem
From:neil
Date:Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:31:24 -0500

Hi all.

First off I need to confess, on line, that I am in
fact a dunce.

In an effort to do something simple (remove RR wheel)
I have managed to totally butcher two wheel stud nuts
(and damage stud threads on one) with one other nut on
its' way to Shredsville.

Why me a dunce; I actually ended up tightening two
nuts before realizing I was doing it wrong..... D-oh!
Then of course the battle began. Vice grips, Cold
chisels, heat, drilling, blah-blah butcher-butcher
curse-curse.

Can wheel studs be replaced without removing hub?

I really don't want to be taking off "the big nut". At
the rate I'm going today, I just might end up flipping
the van on myself trying to "loosen" the big nut
(read: turning clockwise!!).

Thanks for any help,

Neil.

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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