I was trying to replace a stud for my 09 Altima 2.5. didn’t find any space or gap to get the stud out. Tried to spin whatever the position it can be but no luck. Any advice? Anyway that can take that thing off cost effectively?
I was trying to replace a stud for my 09 Altima 2.5. didn’t find any space or gap to get the stud out. Tried to spin whatever the position it can be but no luck. Any advice? Anyway that can take that thing off cost effectively?
Jesus, the people talking about grinding/cutting don’t know what the fuck they are talking about.
You need to remove your axle nut, and the 4 bolts on the backside of the knuckle. The entire hub and wheel bearing should come off.
You should be replacing the entire assembly, they are not that expensive at <$100
Saying if I need to wait for delivery of the assembly. Can I drive it on highway as usual? Nearby part store asking for 150 for it.
Bro, your time has value. Get the part near you and get it on the car and stop dealing with it.
You’ll have a safe working car and it’ll have cost you very little money.
It’s a time and money saver. You grind part of the round tip so you have enough room to work out the old one and install the new one. If you don’t know this trick then you probably don’t know what you’re talking about. On Hondas you have to press the hub bearing out which calls for 2 hours just to replace a stud a $5 stub, so this is a quick alternative and it’s effective.
I’m a certified master tech at a shop that specializes in performance Honda builds, so I’m familiar.
This is an ‘09 Altima. The hub and bearing bolt on.
I’m very aware of this “trick” used by hack mechanics that creates a weak point.
I prefer to repair things the correct way.
A million dollars for anyone that’s seen a wheel stud pull through because of that little grind. Love the fear mongering people will pull to steal money from old ladies.
In this case yes just pull the hub by unbolting but a charging a customer over $200 labor for once stud replacement is not right, this is not a safety issue one slightly grinded stud out of 5 is not going to cause a safety issue. I could care less that you are a certified Honda mechanic, the stealership has no problems ripping off customers.
If it was a customer car I’d agree but on my own car? I’d grind that shit down just enough to sneak out the stud
Are you going to cut the replacement, sneak it back in then weld it together? Arguably mechanics are all about getting the new part in.
What’s the welder for…?
My bad, I was half asleep. I had presumed he was going to mutilate the stud. He’s talking about gouging a hole in the side of the assembly behind. Have to take a fair chunk out to make it happen. Couldn’t be that difficult to get a pin out and start undoing a nut.
Grinding the head of the stud would be enough I bet. Super quick and easy. Removing a cotter pin and a nut will leav OP very far from being able to complete the job
Nah. To much other metal in the road
OP posted that the replacement stud has a notch cut out in order to fit in. What else is in the way, the small bit of backing plate that hasn’t rusted away yet? Cut or bend it. I doubt the knuckle would be in the way
Right, like if you did cut or grind it out how do you propose to get a new stud back in?