Ok this is the quick and dirty way to remove a broken wheel stud. Here is the culprit.



This next pic is taken with the following things already done: e brake on, wheel removed, car lifted and the back wheels block to prevent the car from rolling back.



Next thing we have to do is remove the screws holding in the brake line....



and remove the brake caliper, this is a pic of one of the screws that must be removed, I couldnt get a good pic of the other screw which is under the caliper....



once the caliper is off make sure you support it with a wire hanger, you do not want it supported by only the brake line.



To remove the rotors you need to remove the two screws that hold it in place.



here is a pic of the screws partially removed.



As a side note I had to do this once already about two months ago so the screws were not that troublesome, previously however they were a pain in the a## to remove. I went to sears and purchased a impact screwdriver and a big hammer and banged away. I also enlisted the help off my friend PB blaster purchased at Autozone.

Next is a pic of the rotor removed.....



Next thing I did was turn the wheel hub (part that holds the wheel studs) so that the broken stud faces the cutout on the heat shield where the brake caliper sits.

 

Next was to get a hammer a screw driver and bang bang bang, here is a pic of the lug partially out



As a side note the heat shield gets banged up nicley at this point but it can be banged back into place.

Here is a pic of the lug removed and the banged up heat shield...



Next just put the new stud in from the backside of the hub and bang it into place, here is a pic of the new stud in place.



After that put everything back together lower the car and go for a test drive to make sure everything is in good working order. Thats it. I am sorry if this isnt the best post but after all it is mother's day and my wife is looking at me kinda cross eyed. I hope this helps someone out, if it does then mission accomplished.

 

THANK YOU I will check it out and see if I can go the same route.

 

no problem, glad I could help!!!!

 

How long does this DIY usually take? My lug nuts are in there pretty good.

 

good write up man, im just curious, how do you break lug studs? what makes that occur?

 

Over tighting your lug nutz.

 

thanks for the compl. actually i had to get a tire replaced and the guys at the shop cross threaded the lug nut. when i went to remove it later on it snapped off.

 

haha and me i snapped 3, 2 completely off till where the rotor was and the other one was snapped in half. crazy but it does happen. my other friend broke 4 at once. well my problem was that i didnt have the correct 14mm for the caliper and i stripped one of the caliper bolts. took it to midas with my own parts they replaced it for 60 dollars. thats because i know the guy. wish i came across this earlier.

 

hey jleon i tried this on my CLS but couldnt get the stud out. I got the stud out about half way until the head of the stud got stuck against the back piece.(its part #4 here) How did you get around this? Let me know so i can do this ASAP. Thanks in advance

Andres

 

Did you turn the wheel hub where the bolt to be removed is aligned with the cutout in the heat shield?

 

This is my experience. The nut was cross-threaded and just stuck in there. Fighting with it hard and the stud simply broke off. So the nut came off but not without taking the stud with it.

 

Hey guys,
I had a stud already removed. Assuming that I purchase a stud from Acura (anyone know how much and the part number?), what tools do I need and time required to replace it? This post says that you have to hammer it back in? Much appreciated!

 

Good instructions and great detail with the pictures. The only thing I would suggest is instead of hammering the new stud in and run the risk of damaging it, use a lug nut and a stack of washers then drive it in with an impact wrench. This will press the stud in correctly and ensure a tight fit.

 

fuck dude i thought you had to take the hub nut off..last time i got my tires replaced some fuck messed up and two lugs on my driver side broke off. i was trying for days to get the hub nut off and that shit wouldn't budge especially with the dimple
thanks bruh i needed this shit!

 

here's my 2 cents...my 02 tls didn't have the cutout so I filed one edge of the back of the stud enough to hammer it out past the heat shield. i had to file the new stud to, to get it in. on this stud, I used my lock nut

 

nice write up, my shit actually just snapped. where did you get the spare part? whats the part number? thnks.

 

any auto parts store or your dealer. They arent that much

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...catdisplay.jsp

 

They're around $2-3 at Kragen.

 

Thanks a lot for the write up man! Mine broke earlier today and I spent $4.24 at Advance auto for a new stud and lug and voila, back to normal.

 

I just wanna say thank you. I like my new to me car. Its a project I wanna make it a first car for my exceptionally responsible son when he turns 16 in 5 years. He learned the basics in my '03 protege5 hatchback. Insurance is gonna kill me but he does so good in school he's worth a little headache I'm having getting the car in order for him.

 

Instead of pounding new one in just use your lugnut with some washers and tighten the lugnut. It'll pull the stud in no pounding no damage.

 

^nice tip!

 

Sooo easy! I cross-threaded the nut without knowing it and tightened away with my impact wrench. When it came time to take off the wheel...i torqued the stud right off with the seized nut.

 

Never ever ever tighten your lug nuts with impact gun. 80lbs of torque is the spec.

 

Last time I had to replace studs, i just replaced them all.

I figured if some retard over tightened something, he probably damaged the other studs too. They are cheap, and better safe than sorry.

 

To remove the broken stud, try to thread a lug nut on it. Then hammer away at the lug nut to push the stud through. If you mushroom the broken end of the stud, it may not fit through the hole to take it out.