mmasire88
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- Martinsville, Indiana
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- 2004 ford explorer XLT
I was in the process of putting new tires on my explorer today, and what a wonderful surprise! 3/5 wheel studs broke off the front driver's side without much more than a small tug when trying to remove the lug nuts. Immediately went down and picked up all new studs and lug nuts. However, I'm wondering if the studs can be replaced w/o removing the hub/bearing and what not. The spindle nut on the end of the half-shaft looks like it would make one hell of an interesting day trying to get it off. It's so rusted it's flaking apart. Yes, yes, I know I need to replace the nut but my acetylene torch is out of gas, and I'd rather hold off on that until I can heat it to oblivion.