Can you press out wheel studs ?

[Deschodt]

Sorry for the repeat but my original question is probably lost at the end of another post of mine with a not so-relevant header, and I'd like an answer or 2 before I get my hands on a press...

Can you press out wheel studs from a spacer without ruining it ?

I ordered what I thought was those : (picts seem to take a bit of time to load, not sure why)



but got those instead: (thank you ebay: "the picture is just an indication, not a representation of the product!!!" bast@rds)



Can't use them, my studs are of the longer variety already... I need to remove the spacer studs and use this as a simple pass thru as on picture #1 !
From the back of them, the studs don't look screwed in, I believe they are pressed in like the car's wheel studs... A hammer did not do the trick but I did not insist in case I need to return these.. Do you think a press would ? Do you think those are also glued on and would benefit from some flame applied to the back of them ?

[356RS]

Yes the wheel hub studs can be pressed out. The head of the studs have a splined shoulder that mates with the wheel hub to secure it. This should be true from the 64 model till 2000? not sure of the later configurations.

[Joe Bob]

Give them a good whack with a sledge....put a nut on them to protect the threads....

[gumba]

I pressed the studs out of my H&R spacers in a vise. I screwed a nut on to protect the threads. The stud is recessed enough in the spacer that allows you to press it out most of the way. Then tap it with the hammer to get it out the rest of the way. if they are older I spray them with "screwloose"

It sounds like what you want is a spacer, not wheel adapter (what you got). I would return or sell the adapters and get spacers. The adapters are way more expense than an adapter.

I used a company in SoCal called Motorsport Technology to make a custom width spacer.

[tharbert]

Place the spacer flat on a workbench, threads up, with one of the lugs hanging over the edge.

Start a lug nut on that lug until the lug end is almost flush with the top of the nut.

Hit the lug/nut as if you were driving a 6p naill, firmly.

It's a press fit, no glue.

[Deschodt]

Thanks guys... They came loose with 4 or 5 big whacks... I had just tried a couple previously - feeling like I was destroying the thing... Once you know they will come out it's really no big deal...

As for the return/exchange, this will teach me never to go on evil bay again... exorbitant restocking fee, return shipping at my cost, attitude from the vendor "photos are only an indication, we could be selling you an empty box"... Anyway, solved with a few hammer blows !!