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Originally Posted by herman maire
Uwanna,
you just taught me something today..... cool. I thought they had to be pressed out and pressed in, so in my mind the complete hub had to come off.
I have 1 question for you. I have a pair of hubs with some extra long studs that I want to transfer over to my car. Is it possible to have them pressed out then I just hammer mine out a press in the extra long ones all while not damaging any treads or do they get damaged when pressing out?
If that can work.... you have NO IDEA how much work that would save me.
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When you knock out the long studs from your spare hubs, screw on a steel lug nut about halfway on, then support the back of the hub on a vise or solid surface and bang away with a BF hammer. You won't hurt the studs.
Refer to the pictorial I referenced in my post, and see how he installed longer studs on his hubs while on the car. If your studs are "extra long" you my have clearence problems with inserting the studs, but some folks have drilled out an area behind the brake backing plates where the emergency brake adjuster is, to make the studs clear. In any event, it's a hellava lot easier than doing new bearings and stuff. Good luck!!
EDIT: see John Walker's post below, and forget the "drilling" comment!