dubfordstyling

Can anyone give me a basic how to to remove the wheel studs from the front and the back of my 964? I've used the search function on here but cant seem to find a good "how to" guide.

Thanks in advance!

aj986s

Trying searching the rest of the web. There's some references on the Pelican website.

robt964

If I were having to remove all of them I'd probably just remove the the upright and/or hub and press it out.
If I were removing a broken one I'd cut it down to about 10mm shy of the hub face, drill a good sized hole through the remaining stub to relieve the pressure and then tap it out with a drift and hammer. You don't want to go too mad with belting it.

dubfordstyling

Sorry for sounding stupid but what do you mean by "upright"?

Thanks

dubfordstyling

I'll take a look now. Thanks

deutschland-dobson

You going for a large spacer then guv?

Interested to know what wheels you've found

Chris

jack.pe

If you are, and you don't know what an uprights is then I would recommend you get bolt on spacers, not ones with new studs... the latter is a pain to do.

robt964

Actually I did a spot of googling and found this approach. Its brilliant in its simplity if your ball-joint separator is man enough for the job!

wheel-stud-removal-safe-easy

ralt

Did the same thing with the ball joint separator from Harbor Frt. Great tool. No hammers. Nor heat. No hub removal. Ah, the rears are another matter!! Any solutions are welcome as I am not going to pull the hubs!!

bobster964

Found using a large 'G' Clamp best.
Remove disk, place socket (larger than base of stud) over base of stud, fit a steel wheel nut onto end of stud, then use the clamp pressing on stud to remove.
See photo should be self explanatory.

HalV

This is how I did mine as well.

HalV

I read a post somewhere on this forum that said there was just enough room to remove the rear studs without removing the hub.

porsche mania

Ditto!

V

I remember reading this too.

I think the problem is not so much in removing the old ones but rather installing the new ones that are (needless to say) often longer. AFAIK, there is no way around this so the operation for the rear involves removing the rear hub incl new bearings etc. A bit of a PITA. If someone knows any tricks please advise. I heard that removing the parking brake and using that slot to insert the new longer studs could work, but I havn't seen or heard someone actually doing it.

HalV

Here's the link to the other thread on removing rear wheel studs.