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GaleForce

Ouch. Sorry to hear about your troubles.

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Think of it as preventative maintenance. :| Those hubs have a tendency to fail eventually.

edconline

That is true, it's not all bad.

I bought a slide hammer on sale today, and with that at my disposal the hubs came out of the front in like 30 seconds a side. New hubs are on the way from courtesy parts (at literally 50% of the price the local dealer wanted - you Americans are spoiled rotten with your car part prices!!) so once those get here I can press the new studs in and reassemble! I'm still not sure if the studs will poke out past the R40's, I really hope they do not but based on these pics I have a bad feeling:


The stud on the left is ARP, then the stud that H&R ships with 15mm spacers, then the stock stud. The ones that ship with the H&R 20mm spacers, which are in the rear right now are 5mm longer exactly than the 15mm replacement ones.



This pic shows the difference with the old lugs and the new ones, and the old studs and the new ones. Now with the old Work lug nuts there was no danger of the 15 or 20mm H&R stud replacements poking out, probably had an extra 10mm. But obviously the ARP studs are quite a bit longer, and the R40 lugs are a bit shorter than the Work ones. I'll have to see the final fit once everything is back together and then decide if I want to run some small spacers to hide the stud back in the Lugs. The stance sure would be wide then..

As far as the rear studs go, I pulled off the brakes and looked, it really does look like if i want to put the ARP studs in I'll have to pull the rear hubs. I'm a bit worried about doing the rears myself so I asked Nissan what they would charge for labour, and they quoted 5 hours Now the dilemma is if I tackle it myself and hope for the best or if I just run the stock studs in the back until I eventually pay Nissan to change them.

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theDreamer

The rears are not easy, I got lucky and when a lady hit my rear end and my suspension was being replaced I threw in some rear spacers for my volks.
Here is a DIY on the rears: DIY: ** Rear 20mm stud replacement spacers

I really doubt it would take a good shop 5 hours of labor, but it is probably what is 'on the books' so they can charge that.

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wheee!

Lol. Ya Ed! You should have called me! (My DIY)


I think he meant the hub replacement time, not spacer install...

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edconline

Lol true, if only it was as easy as your DIY! I honestly think if the ARP studs were 5mm shorter, they could get in there without removing the rear hubs.

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edconline

Got these bad boys installed in the new front hubs tonight:


Now that the dye penetrant test is done and everything is good to go, I can get these installed and finally get the wheels back on

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GaleForce

Just in time for spring...

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wheee!

Are they going to stick thru the end of the lug nuts?


Sent from Canadia

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edconline

Most likely. I'll just have to accept it. I'll use a sharpie to mark the ends black lol

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wheee!

Not a sharpie! The chemicals in a sharpie will cause a chemical sintering of the steel alloy, weakening it to a level that will be dangerous to operate your vehicle over 50 kmh. In turn the sintering will attract oxides that will begin a dangerous corrosion of your hub and studs. Probably end up seizing your lug nuts....













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wheee!

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370zseth

Very Nice

edconline

Thanks

I have a few goodies here/on the way that I'm hoping to get installed in the next two weeks as soon as it warms up a bit again. One of them is pretty... different lol. Should help keep me clear of tickets this summer though!

Edit: Also, the ARP studs are now getting cut down for sure. I had changed my mind and was going to run them at full length, however the Project Kics R40 Revo lugs, which are advertised as being open-ended with detachable caps, are not truly open ended. Once you pop the caps off, it becomes 'open ended' in style only, the studs cannot protrude from the end as there is an extra piece of metal in there to secure the caps. For this reason, and in order to be able to use the lugs with the caps on as I originally wanted to, I'm taking 1.25" off the studs. At least now I can install the ARP rear studs without taking the hubs off.

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