how hard is it to replace a wheel stud? i noticed i had a stripped one last time i had the wheels off but i put the lug back on and it torqued fine but im gonna overhaul the brakes on my xj front and rear and i feel like its just gonna get worse so i wanna replace it

 

tap it out and pull it back thru with an oversized nut around the stud and a lug nut

 

Can't be stripped if it went back on fine?

 

theyre easy enough to replace. if its rears you may have to take the shoe partially apart. the fronts i think you can get out without removing the hub. check youtube.

 

theres a notch i believe that allows you to get the rears out without taking anything but the drum cover off

 

yea, just tap it out with a hammer, and put the new one though with a nut and keep tightening it until you feel its been pressed through enough.

theres vids on youtube.

 

I just got 12 studs/lugs replaced and it cost me 200 bucks to have it done at a shop, what a rip off, i should have done it myself but i didnt have enough time to

 

when i bought my xj, i only ahd 4 lug nuts on my passenger side rear. Soon found out the PO stripped it. New stud was under $2 at autozone and just a bit of beating the old one out with a bfh. Dont recall having to take anything more than the tire off to get to it.

 

alright cool thanks guys, and yeah that was my thought, if its torqued than it should be fine, well i went out and thought about it and looked at it and the lug isnt as far down as all the other ones, so i just wanna fix it now before it gets any worse, also its the passenger side front one, sorry i wasnt too specific

 

if you ever need any help and your in or going to be in the Gloucester area let me know will be glad to give you a hand

 

make sure your e-brake is off when you try to do the rears, contrary to what my haynes manual says, it might be tough to ge tthe drums off with it set lol