[MR2] Studs

[David Hillman]

JDeRyke at aol.com writes...
> * Wheel studs are hardened. A slight hit not-perfectly-straight with a
> hammer during the drive-out phase ruins the stud. They cannot be 
> sucessfully straightened; they will crack. After learning the hard way, 
> I use a press.

    Wait, what?  Why would one care about the straightness or integrity of 
the stud that you're banging out?  The only reason to remove them is to 
replace them, isn't it?  In other words, it's already junk.

    I've done this operation on mk2s many times ( ~80 annual tire changes 
is not friendly to studs ), so it's almost certain that I've made a lot 
of not-perfectly-straight hammer hits.  I've never cared, though, because 
I was hitting a stud that's already broken off.

--
  David Hillman