How difficult is it to replace the wheel studs?

 

not very, its easiest with an impact gun but can be done by hand and some brute force.

Generally you knock the old stud out with a hammer, slip new stud though the hole stack it with some washers and run the lug nut down till it pulls the stud all the way through. Having an Impact gun helps with this step, doing it by hand sucks.

It works best if you have a basic open lug nut as you can flip it over and use the flat side of the lug nut to push on the stack of washers.

 

hahaha, so true

 

Yup I'm just happy it came off lol. I have a spare tire on it currently but I have nothing to do on Fridays so I'm gonna either take it to a tire shop down the street and just ask if it's worth the fix or I'll just get a used one from craigslist. It's funny how on my dad's plymouth I found 4 used tires off craigslist for 20 bucks each and they are near perfect with no air loss while I spent 325 for new tires on this jeep and they are having issues.

 

Thanks!!

 

what size tires are you running?

 

I am running the stock P225/70R16 tires.

 

FYI: I didn't mean to jack your thread, but I figured since you were talking about stuck lug nuts, my question would fit in somewhere. I didn't want to start a whole new thread asking how to remove old wheel studs and install new ones.

 

That makes sense. Good luck on fixing your wheel stud

 

Yay I found my "holes" Did the old water/soap spray trick and what do you know I found two nails on my tire in the same location. I have a strong feeling this was done on purpose. Maybe because a 16 year old has a jeep lol. Anyways now that I found my hole can someone recommend a tire plug from autozone? I saw this one online. Should I get it?

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...w&target=shelf

 

The slime ones work pretty good. I use em on mine. I don't use the lube when installing I just ream real good then plug. Their compressor and kit was just reviewed in JP magazine this month and got good reviews.

 

I worked in a tire shop for 3 years, and we never used plugs on passenger and truck tires, as the reaming process can rip more cords and weaken the tire. The only time we would use them was if the puncture was in a place that a patch wouldn't work (eg almost on the sidewall of the tire). I would take it back to Walmart (or another tire shop, if you think that they did it on purpose I wouldn't give them your business) and get them to put a patch in it.

 

Use an interior patch (called a boot) to patch it, much better than plugs for the logevity of the tire. Your lug nuts are 1/2-20unf thread, can get at napa for buck a piece, chrome plated acorns not chrom cover, the covers will continue to give you problems. Generally the use of an impact gun (should only be used for removals) will damage and strip off the chincy covers. Get the solid nuts at napa for all you wheels.
Use of impact guns to reinstall is bad practice and leads to jammed nuts, shops do it for speed at your ultimate expense. Always use anti seize and torque your nuts by hand to 100 ft lb. Also always use a new valve stem, always, when changing tire onto rim, always! Make sure the rim bead area and valve stem hole are clean, make sure. Use sealant dope on the valve stem and the bead, especially on aluminum rims.
No good shops will cheap out on every step of this process and it will lead to customers problems, they don't care. You will spend the same money to use a good installer and have it done right. Hope you have better luck in the future, glad to hear your neighbour was able to lend you the right tools and that it worked out for you.

 

I've never had any problems out of plugging my tires and I've never had a plug blow out or a tire fail because of one. Im just saying, somethings work for some and some don't.

 

In general, it is safe to use them. Like I said we did use them if we had to, and we used them on atv and small farm implement tires quite a lot. I highly doubt that there's much danger in plugging it, but at some time someone must have had a tire fail because of one, because my boss flipped his lid when I fixed a customer's tire with one (had just started and was doing it the way we did on the farm). A patch is in general a safer way to go, more of a pain in the butt but at least you got peace of mind.

As well, we always had people coming in with plugs leaking after a few months. It's a good short term fix.