So I was finishing up the install of my coilovers and of course on the last wheel one of the wheel studs broke

My new wheels are coming next week and I'm not needing extended studs, so should I just go to the dealer to pick up a new stud or is there a better place to buy them? Also, how difficult is it to replace?

Ideally I would like to do it myself, but I wanted to get feedback from people who have had the same issue to find out if it's not very difficult to replace or if I should just pay to have it done. Thanks!

 

I did the same thing right before I put on my new wheels.

I have since left it alone and havent replaced it yet

 

Not too difficult. I broke one and stripped another. I bought wheel studs at autozone for roughly $2.50 I think. I feel like it took a half hour to replace two. I just searched for instructions here.

 

Oh, just remembered...very easy if you have a set of open lugs to pull them in. Not sure how you would do it if you don't have that.

 

Removing a broken wheel-stud is pretty straight-forward and mostly involves a BFH (i.e., a big effing hammer). The real question is how much stuff will have to come off to get the new one to slip through the hole. This usually depends on whether it's a front or rear and can vary from you don't need to take anything more off (since you already took the rotor off) to you have to take the bearing off the spindle. I have no idea what the answer to this is for an Evo X, but that's something to look up before starting the job yourself.

 

Thanks for the quick responses.

It is the driver side rear wheel. I figured that the process would be different for front and rear, so does this make it less difficult to do since it's a rear wheel? I looked for a write up but couldn't find one.

 

never looked at the rear. Mine was the front, sorry.

 

What size are the stock studs? There's an autozone right down the street from me but they are all morons there, so I want to make sure I know exactly what size to get.

 

Rears are often harder because the wheel bearing is often flatter and/or closer to a backing plate. I know that installing long studs on the front of a 2G DSM was a snap, but the rears were a nightmare. No idea about Evos.

 

Buy a new stud from the dealer or parts store and replace it yourself with a BFH, some lube, and an impact to pull the new one on.

 

Picked up one today at the dealer for $4.80 and will be putting it in this weekend. Thanks for all the help everyone!

 

i broke the passenger side rear while at the track. the trick to doing the rears is aligning the broken stud with the small space inside the parking break shoes. there is just barely enough space there to do the switch but you need to be patient and get it aligned just right.