I have a friend with a 2000 GT who had a flat tire. I dont know how but in the process of replacing the tire broke two of the axle studs clean off! How do I go about fixing this? Do I have to replace the whole axle shaft or just the studs? And if it's just the studs where do I get them? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!
Broken axle studs!!
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burnthelight88
Active User
Wheel studs...available at any auto parts store, rather cheaply. You only need to replace as many as you have broken, so 2 in your case, and they typically just hammer out and in to replace them, but I haven't had to do it in my mustang yet. I've done it in quite a few GM's at the shop though
twogts4us
15 Year Member
Burnthelight is spot on - this is a cheap and easy fix...if you don't want to do the labor any tire shop can fix you up rather cheaply as well, but you'll pay their labor of course.
I'd personally replace them all, on the affected axle. If they were stressed enough to break some, the strength of the others may be compromised, too. Studs are cheap, cars are not.
burnthelight88
Active User
Yeah, good point, I was coming off a night shift when I replied...when I had to do this on my Buick a few years back in my driveway, I just replaced all the studs for that wheel, and eventually all 20 got replaced.
ChillPhatCat
20+ Year Stangneter 
Prior to having lost a wheel at highway speed in my IROC I would have disagreed with you, but... well... I now belive that this is a good idea to replace them all if you replace one.
