[romanrob]

It looks like i'm going to be replacing a few rear diff studs shortly (ie when they arrive), as my quick-change rear diff replacement foundered as I encountered the 20 year old fixings to the axle casing. I have a really good Irwin nut remover for removing rounded nuts - but it turns out it grips things well enough to shear the studs clean off. I may use heat on the last few.

So has anyone replaced the studs - looks like they "press" out, and no doubt are loctited in. What kind of press/ tool/ contraption should I use? Not sure I want to whack the stud with a hammer, or is that exactly what IS required? Most folks seem to have avoided shearing the studs, but the back end of mine was waded at some point, so quite rusty. I dont' suppose it's that hard, but if anyone with prev experience has any pearls of wisdom, please share

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[romanrob]

Thanks P39, that's an interesting looking vehicle collection you have ! I undid the rest of the nylocs this morning and I'll need to redo two studs at least, and will probably run a UNF die over the surviving ones before mounting the recon diff.

 

[romanrob]

BTW in case it wasn't clear from my original post, I was only using the Irwin nut remover to remove the Nyloc nuts, and not to get the studs out. I thought the Irwin nut removers were a bit of a joke when I bought them (but for that particular job I was running out of options), so was just remarking how effective they are at gripping rounded nuts - sorry if I confused things.

 

[romanrob]

Replacing the studs is child-play, as it turns out - whereas removing a hub when the Axle/ hub bolt heads have corroded away is anything but, I had to grind all the bolt heads off. Not sure my POs believed in replacing damaged bolts for new ones, and it's 10 years by the seaside, have taken its toll