Question: How hard to take the hub off. (spindle nut) - Honda Prelude Forum

kennethmina · 04-15-2003, 10:29 PM

Well, I snapped my studs on both passanger and driver front wheels.

So, I have to remove the broken studs out. I ended up cut the broken stud's heads and removed them.

However, I can't get the new studs on in the holes. The head of studs is too big. I found a post saying that to grind the head smaller. I don't wanna do that.

So, in short, I wanna remove the FRONT HUB. I wonder how hard to remove the hub. I already removed the caliper and rotor disc. I will remove the spindle nut. But my question is will the hub just come off easily after remove the spindle nut? or do I have to use a special tool to pull the hub off?

Please help!!!

DO I NEED SPECIAL TOOL TO PULL THE HUB OFF?

Thanks

PDUNZ · 04-16-2003, 02:52 AM

The hub itself will not come away from the suspension as it is pressed into the bearings and therefor need to be pressed out. Impossible if you dont have a press.

What most are refering to is just grind away a small flat bit on the side of the head, so 95% of the stud is still round so you wont have them flying off.