Ed Hughes

Rusnak, nothing has changed with regard to his replies.

rusnak

*sigh* Yes I agree.

Next Loren will say he can press out wheel studs with a test light probe.

Amber Gramps

I always open a can 'O worms. Guys the studs were not in that tight and to my recollection the same hubs survived Parris - Dakar.

Amber Gramps

sig_a has effectively shamed me into doubling the number of Harbor Freight tools in my tool box. The ball joint press is actually a nice cast iron tool that I can't believe was only $20.00 and a trip across town. I ran it into my grinding wheel and it cleared the head in about a second.


....and the dog leg isn't just hanging there for the fun of it.

dougs968

That's a heck of a good deal on that press. I probably ought to buy one and put it aside till I need it.

Amber Gramps

If you didn't live in the boonies with the twisters and the snakes I'd let you come over and borrow mine.

Guys, should I go back and edit my original post and take out all reference to the BFH method? I should at least suggest a better way right up front for the guys that read about as well as I do.


http://sell.bizrice.com/selling-lead...ng-puller.html

Ed Hughes

Looking good Doug. Got your text, when I got to Tampa. In FL all week.

SiberianDVM

What exactly do you have to do to the HF press to make it work? I was planning a trip to HF this afternoon anyway.

Amber Gramps

The slot on the press is a little too narrow for the head of the stud to fit in between it. You need to remove about 1 to 2 mm of material. The objective is to make room for the head of the stud to pass through the press and to allow the press to sit flush against the back of the hub.

The first picture in post 19 shows the stud head fitting in between the feet on the press.

Go slowly with the grinding and only remove a minimum of material. The back of the hub flange is tapered, so you want to catch the little bit of seat on either side of the head. Look at the 3rd picture in post 19.

The press really did make the job much easier.

theiceman

wow that looks great .. i would think you dont need a gazzillion tonnes of torque to seat the stud either so looks good. Worse case if you ar not sure if you seated the stud completely just retorque your wheels time to time .. it will eventually seat ..

now i just need.

Harbor fright tool
12mm spacer
57mm 1.5 by 14 wheel studs

I see a new project on the horizon .

Any good suppliers out ther for spacer and studs ?

SiberianDVM

I better get to HF quickly before they sell out.

Amber Gramps

This craigslist add runs constantly and most say $70 per set. I have not called them yet, but will.

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/3896429767.html

Amber Gramps

Called the Craigslist add guy and picked up a pair of 5x130 13mm hub-centric spacers for $80 cash. The business was maybe 20-25 minutes from my office. He said they purchase these from Europe because the Porsches require such a tight tolerance. They were nice and snug on the hubs and nice and loose around the lugs. I'd say they are perfect and much higher quality than I expected.

rusnak

Those spacers look nice, Doug. How's the fit of the lugnuts? And are you planning to get a castle type nut for the axle? You know, I wonder if combining the HF El Cheapo tie rod tool with a smaller BFH would be the thing to do, if you decide not to go with the hydraulic press with a plate to support the hub? See the angle of the tool against the hub? If the studs were really stuck in there, you could flute the hub like a pie crust. My thought is that this works well because the studs are not that hard to remove.

Amber Gramps

Either method seemed OK. Honestly was less tuckered out after the BFH method, but much more satisfied I'd done a good job after the press method....so....it's on to the next project.

Just glad to be done with my Ford. Now that was 3 months in hell. Had sugar/water in my E350 van. New In tank fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel injectors, spark plugs, and new intake manifold gasket, fuel rail, and surrounding gizmos like the water pump. Ended up going back in and replacing the lash adjusters and chasing down a misfire that ended up being a coil pack boot. Insurance covered most of the parts and about 8 hours of labor. Bastards wanted to total it. F.U. Mercury. After 23 years you want to dick me around over the price I paid for a gasket when I just saved you three grand in labor and didn't get the rental car???? I best shut up now.