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Breaking The Brakes :(

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So after time, money, family, and slow order constraints, I finally started working on my brakes. I pulled the driver side front tire off, all subsequent parts and removed the brake rotor and along came the hub and lugs too. With a well stocked supply (Sams Club) of WD40 I proceeded to spray and pray and beat the crap out of the lugs with a rubber mallet. Then moved up to the lug nut on the end and 20 oz ball pein hammer, still nothing. So I gave up and decided it's probably for the best to order new hubs and lug studs. Now what's the best way to install studs with it off of the car?
 

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If you are talking disks? The rotors are held on by the pressed in lug studs and it removes in a unit by removing the spindle nut .Most drums are the same ,except the rear .The new studs will need to be pressed in .I have knocked them in with a drift and hammer ,but , you need to make sure they are fully seated and straight .
 

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I'm sorry, I'm meant the drums. I don't know what I was thinking about when I wrote it. The drum and hub came off as one single unit.
 
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