Thafisher
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- Joined
- February 17, 2019
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- City, State
- Pensacola, FL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006, Mountaineer Premier
Yeah it was quite the pain to replace those studs. Like Kydirtscooter said, I had to punch out the small hole in the dust shield to have enough clearance back there to fit in the new studs.same thing happened to my brother he drove around with loose lug nuts for quite a while "who knows how long" and they all eventually sheared off causing a fair amount of damage.... his is a 2004 and we couldn't replace the studs with out getting the hub pressed out.... no clearance from behind so I made him replace the hub and bearing while the shop was doing the repair...... you could toss in 20 lbs of marbles in a tire and he wouldn't feel a problem until its too late and then call a tow truck for a jump start
Not to mention the difficulty of knocking the old ones out.
Spent a while in the gas station parking lot swapping them out but it's good now and the grinding noise was gone as soon as the new studs and wheel was back on there.
Thanks a ton for everyone's help, I'm glad it wasn't related to my transmission..
Anyone have any idea why I keep breaking studs though? This is the 3rd time I've changed studs on this truck. First 2 times were on the front.