All,

Have a pretty basic question I was hoping someone could answer before I start trying to replace a stripped front wheel stud on my 06 Accord. I know from searching previous posts that some Accord years require a shop press to push out the stud. If this is the case on my 06, I'll just make an appointment at the shop to get it taken care of. If it can be done however without that tool I will definitely give it a shot using the information from the other posts I found searching. Anyone have any experience with stud replacement on this body style of Accord?

Regards,

Pete

 

The trick to that is whether there's room to push the old stud out & fit the new one in.

You can hammer the old one out, but there's probably(?) not enough room to remove it entirely. I've been told certain years there's a slot or a recess in the knuckle, so you spin the hub to the right position where there's room to remove the stud. Pull the new one into the hub using a wheel nut & a few BIG washers.

If you can't do that, then you need a bearing press to remove the hub. Which unfortunately usually destroys the wheel bearing.

 

Due to some extenuating circumstances with my family, I ended up getting this done at a shop. Fortunately I have a friend with a shop, so I did not have to pay full dealer price, but i wanted to post a follow-up for anyone else who runs into this.

Once he pulled the wheel off he took me to see how the stud came out. He had to remove both the brake caliper and rotor, then slightly bend back a thin metal bracket to get it out (the braket was not structural, and was bent back in place one the new one was installed).

Whole thing took him less then 30 minutes.

Thanks again for the help.

Pete

 

That metal was probably the splash shield for the brake rotor. It can be unbolted & removed too.

Some years the actual steel casting of the steering knuckle doesn't leave enough room to do that. So it's possible in 2006, that's good to know.

 

Thanks BuckEye for that heads up there