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Rounded hub nut on my 63 BJ7

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J7Bill said:
haasad,

Update. Your suggestion worked! I did damage the study and need to change it. It is not budging with a hammer and drift. I am assuming that I will need to remove the hub and have them pressed out? The remaining studs appear to be "stressed". I assume this would be from years of exposure to air guns?
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Good glad to hear it, not surprised the stud was damaged you have to be very careful or lucky not to mark them. I would press out the old ones and fit new again they should be pressed in not hammered or pulled. Air wrenches are horrible things if used incorrectly , I've seen many a stud necked or sheared and long before then they get weakened. Use a torque wrench !!!
 
Jerry said:
Don't pull the stud in with a nut and washer. Puts lots of stress on the threads and more torque than they can handle. I have seen cars with broken studs and the majority pulled them in with nuts instead of a press.
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I agree 100%!

Actually, I doubt you could, and if you did succeed, my next concern would be that the knurl vs inner bore interference was insufficient.
 
Gentleman,

Thanks again for your helpful suggestions. By the way, Randy, a photo gallery that I came across that you had posted, was quite helpful.

Bill K.
 
J7Bill said:
Gentleman,

Thanks again for your helpful suggestions. By the way, Randy, a photo gallery that I came across that you had posted, was quite helpful.

Bill K.
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I know you have already removed the offending nut but I want to share this for anyone else who will find this in their future.
I had this very problem and after trying most of the afore mentioned solutions this is what did the trick for me.
From Vice-Grip I used this from IRWIN called Bolt-Grip comes with five size reverse sockets. 8mm, thru 1/4 & 19mm.
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As I have had to do this as well, the problem is that the nut is set deep into the beveled holes in the hub and does not allow the much room to grab the nut. I had to cut off the stud and drill out the remaining part of the stud as it was fused solid.
 
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