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Originally Posted by scottmandue

Stock picture of the hub just for reference:





Thanks, sounds like just more of a PITA than anything

If the problem is what to do after you get the wheel off, then it's as the others have described.

Yeah, you just beat the stud out of the hub (It's essentially a bolt that has a neck that press-fits into the hub). In the pic, you can just see the head behind the hub. Then you take the new stud (that you should be able to get at most decent parts stores like O'Reilly or Napa or Autozone) slip it in from the back, and then use an open ended lugnut or a regular nut with some washers to space it out to pull the stud into the hub. Tighten the lugnut and it should pull the stud into position. I've done it on the bakc of my miata. I think theres no problem pounding the stud out. There may be a way that you line up the hub with a hole to avoid stuff behind the stud. The process was exactly the same on my first car, a 1965 Chevy Impala, and a few cars in between.

That's assuming you get the lug nut and wheel off.