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Broken Stud

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by JHEYDEN, Apr 18, 2013.

  1. JHEYDEN

    JHEYDEN Junior Member

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    Unfortunately I broke off one of the wheel studs on the front drivers side of my 2010 Prius. I got a new stud from Toyota but I'm not sure exactly how to put the new one on. Does anyone have any steps on how to replace a front wheel stud? Not even sure how to raise calipers/remove rotor (if that's necessary to replace stud)

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    use a hammer and pound it out,but if you don't have mechanical skills I would drive around with 4 lug nuts
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    When you go pick up the tool described above, get a torque wrench. ;)
    I'm not sure what the specs are for a G3, but it's not going to be as tight as you may think. I read somewhere that it was 85-'/lbs for a G2, but that sounds a little high to me.

    Here's the important part......as much fun as it is to replace wheel studs, they're not really all that expensive but rotors can be. It's important to get the lugs all tightened to just about the same tightness to help prevent rotor warping.
    Most tire places have these fancy, color-coded golly-wogg impact drivers that they sometimes use to prevent over-torquing the nutz. If used....and if the proper ONE is used....they get all of the lug nuts tightened down to just about the same torque. It's not surgery. They just have to be fairly close.
    What I usually do when I have tires rotated and balanced is drive about 50 miles and then break them all free (NOT with the torque wrench!) and torque them back down to their respective values. My vehicles have 126k, 78k, and 30k - all with original OEM pads and rotors.

    YMMV :)

    BTW...if you're too cheap to get the $20 tool at the Freight, places like Auto-Zone will loan you one. Yes...even the torque wrench....but really! Sounds like you may save some time and money by getting your own! :D
    Good Luck!!
     
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    well either way you might as well buy the whole wheel hub assembly with studs cause once you pound on it, bye bye wheel bearings.
     
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    Don't pound on it. Press it out with ball joint separator or a similar tool (a pipe nipple and a big c-clamp might work too).
     
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    How do I remove the rotor?
     
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    With....YouTube.... ;)

    ex:
     
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    Make sure you disable abs first
     
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    Is it from Tennessee?
     
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    Used OEMtools Tie Rod End Puller 26072
    Was perfect size for my 2010 Prius
    Was on sale at autozone
     
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    This is the timeless beauty of the PriusChat community.

    Tom comments on an 11 year old thread a few days ago, helping me today!

    I’m off to autozone !
     
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    What would a dealership want to do this? Don't ask?

    How did you happen to bust one btw; someone went overboard with an impact wrench?
     
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    Might not be too bad at a dealer: the repair manual shows replacing the stud right on the car, not even taking the rotor off, using a special tool the dealer probably has.

    (It's not a very complicated special tool, and even just from the drawing in the manual, you can pretty much see what would work.)

    Probably a fairly routine job at a tire place, too.
     
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    Lisle 22800 Wheel Stud Installer

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    Yeah, the installation is no sweat—even just a stack of washers and a lug nut will do it.

    Pressing the old one out, on the car, without banging on it and damaging the hub bearing, is the part that's easiest with the special (but not very special) tool.
     
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    Hmm, I've got one of those laying around in my toolbox drawer somewhere...

    SM-G781V ?