Ok so im changing out my IFS worn out tires for some other tires i have and i get the fronts off just fine. I get the back left off just fine... i get to the back right they are hard as hell to turn.. so i stand on the braker bar to getr better leverage one comes off ok.. then i break one and think it cant happen again ... so be as smart as i am i decided id try and get the other ones off.. and there broke stud number two . Am I screwed? Or can i pull something off a truck in a wrecking yard to replace the whatever it is with ( im not sure what the studs are attached too... maybe the brake drums or the axles i guess...) and can i still drive the truck with 4 good wheel studs?. Quick Help me please.
thanks,
Andy

 

I had the same thing happen to me. All you have to do is take off the drum and then tap the broken stud out. I got a couple new studs from my Toyota dealership. They have little ridges and a cap at one end. The ridges are what holds it in the hole. It was hard to get it the whole way in so I put the drum and wheel back on and tightened the lugnut down on it to get it seated the whole way. Hope this helps.

 

I usually try to put a little anti-seize on them to keep them from freezing on like that.

 

Yeah or silicon gel, but I like the anti-seize suggestion better.

 

I didnt tighten them on like that... the guy at the tire shop did it when he rotated the tires...

 

Next time you go to a shop for a tire rotation or anything make sure they are either using torque sticks or a torque wrench to tighten them down. If you don't know then ask, it shows what kind of service they have if they are doing things properly.

 

if they arent next to each other should be fine... you still have 4 on there

 

i called my local napa auto parts store and my budy their ordered some up for me... $2.95 each. So im going to try and just tighten the new ones on like some of you said you've done in the past... maybe ill do a right up on this . hmm. Thanks for all the info everyone.

 

I just use plain dino oil to keep them from sticking like that. Old trick my Dad pushed on me.
But I also graps his ear lobe when he burns his fingers tips thinking that it helps and lessens the burn. But he has stopped putting butter on burns.
So who knows

 

actually you are not supposed to put oil onto the threads of anything threaded......

 

Really? How come? At my shop our foreman tells us to put some type of lubricant on the studs for the newer trucks and suv's since the studs are bad about stripping.

 

How do you pull the rotor off? to get to the studs. I've got two broken ones too

 

Wheel studs are like $1.50 at your local auto parts place.

How do you pull the rotor off?

 

$6 and 1 hour later the old studs are out the new ones are in and i must say that was pretty easy.
I did the whole thing with the things in place i just used a punch and a hammer to pound of the old ones and i used a lugnut to tighten the new ones into their places.