[cjheck]

Well, someone loosened all my lugnuts last night and when I was driving, the rear wheel flew off and now I have 2 broken wheel studs on my rear wheel. I need to replace them fast! Help me!

 

[Comatose]

Well, someone loosened all my lugnuts last night and when I was driving, the rear wheel flew off and now I have 2 broken wheel studs on my rear wheel. I need to replace them fast! Help me!

Make sure to replace all 4 studs and not just the 2 broken ones. The other two might not have snapped off but they're almost certainly damaged to some degree. I think that Ford sells the lugs in 4-packs anyways. You'll need to take the rear drum off the car, then it's simply a matter of punching out the old lugs and putting the new ones on. I believe there's instructions somewhere on how to initially torque the new lugs into place, but when I replaced mine I tightened the lugnuts all evenly, waited a few hours then backed them off and re-tightened them, then went for a short drive and backed them off and re-tightened a third time.

 

[cjheck]

I saw the instructions on focus hacks. I had to remove the 4 bolts behind the drum with my trusty breaker bar I replaced only 2, but I will get around to the others since the job was sooo easy lol. heres the pic of the worst one...

 

[Redwake]

So what happens if you can't get the wheel off I stripped the back of the stud. Oh and I'm blessed with drum in the rear.

 

[sutyak]

So what happens if you can't get the wheel off I stripped the back of the stud. Oh and I'm blessed with drum in the rear.

Chisel/drill off the lug nut is about your only option.

 

[Scorpion]

Or use a nut splitter if you can get one on there.

http://www.princessauto.com/pal/product/2919587/Nut-Splitters/2-pc-Nut-Splitter-Set

 

[ax0n]

Take the whole drum/spindle assembly off just like you're doing the rear drum brakes per the FocusHacks instructions except you'll leave the rear wheel attached. Then get on the inside of the lug stud with a cold chisel and knock it off, then punch the stud out from the inside.

 

[sutyak]

Take the whole drum/spindle assembly off just like you're doing the rear drum brakes per the FocusHacks instructions except you'll leave the rear wheel attached. Then get on the inside of the lug stud with a cold chisel and knock it off, then punch the stud out from the inside.

How is he going to remove the spindle nut?
If he CAN remove the spindle nut then he can do that first and pull the wheel+drum off that way.

 

[ax0n]

If you looked at the article, you'd see that instead of going at the spindle nut, he'd take the four spindle mounting bolts out of the back side. Then, the drum, spindle, wheel and tire will then all be free from the car, and the head of the stud inside the drum will be exposed.

 

[Redwake]

i ended up having the mechanic do it... took him 10 minutes.. i failed for two reasons

i thought the center cap was flanged so i didn't even attempt it, i figured the dust cap was wider than the center cap and whoever did the brakes before i bought the car didn't even replace the dust caps.

not to mention id have had to buy a new torque wrench and a 33 deep socket (if it wasn't a 33mm please dont tell me thats what i read online).