Have just broken the rear wheel stud. Can any body help me out. What parts do i need to remove to get them out and how. Also are they a subaru part only?.

 

It's very easy (at least up front I assume it's the same procedure in the rear) - it's just a matter of getting a hammer and tap the old one out (it's a splined axle basically), and refit the new one, use washers and a nut that fit's the thread to "pull" the new stud through.



If you've got steel inserts in the wheels you can just use the wheel and the regular nut.

On the front hubs there's an intendention on the (I think) lower bit that allows removal, you have to turn the spindle to this point to get the sucker out.

/J

 

Just make sure you undo the abs tone ring first and secure it out of the way. If its an import it won't have abs, so no need to do this.

 

A valid reason to take a hammer to your car!!

Had fun with studs on one of my trailers.. no idea what studs they are so when two broke searched the breakers for similar ones.. but they were not tight enough.. I'll leave the story there as you don't want to know that my trailers wheel studs rely on studs rapped with cut up coke can to make then tight enough to hold into the hubs... doh.. did I type that out loud..

JGM

 

do i need to take the rear disc off ?, Also it has ABS and it is an import. so would need to take the abs ring off?

 

Ehrm...I didn't remove my ABS thing...as I did mine up front...as I haven't done it on the rear end I can't really say for sure, but I did mine with the discs off, and tapped gently-ish on the broken stud, and out it went.



It's an easy job, but take your time.

/j

 

You can do it with the abs ring in place, but I have seen an owner do this and the bolt came flying out of the back of the hub and straight through the tone ring. For the sake of 5 small hex bolts its worth removing the bolts and locating it away from the stud that you are removing.

 

my import has abs as well??