Can't get wheel studs out
 

I'm trying to replace the wheel studs on the rear drive side. I've got the studs knocked loose but I don't have any clearance to actually slip the studs out and put new ones in. Short of dropping the axle, is there any trick I can do to get these things out?

anyone?

dont you have to take the whole hub off? i know i did when i replaced my front ones

I've removed the calipers and the rotor, that's it. I'm just going by what the Haynes manual is telling me. How can I remove the whole hub assembly from the axle?

you take of the cap that is covering the grease fitting around the bearings. there should be a large nut on there that isnt tight. you should be able to take it off with your hand. then you pull out the bearings and the whole hub should slide off the axe.

are you talking about the front or the rear wheel? I know about the grease cap and bearings for the front, but I don't remember seeing anything resembling a cap persay for the rear. Maybe I'm just not looking at it the right way.

When I replaced the 2 studs on the rear of my truck I ran into the same problem. All I did was put the truck in neutral and turned the axle untill I was able to get the stud out. If it's lined up with the brake shoes there isn't room to get the stud out. I'm assuming you don't have rear disk. If you still can't get the stud out and it's loose take a grinder and cutting disk cut it shorter and knock it out. Sometimes once you get the old one out you can play with the new one enough to get it in the hole. Good luck.

sorry. i assumed that the rear on your truck has the same assemly as the front.

I seriously have the wheel studs from hell. I just found out that the studs I have on the truck already are longer and beefier than the studs that I bought for my truck (that are the actual part number for the f150 that I have). I'm cutting one of them off to take into the store tomorrow to see if maybe I was given the wrong part number studs in the right box, but it looks like I just got beefier studs put on this truck.

I've removed the brake shoes, undid the 4 bolts connecting the brake plate to the axle, and everything else that I could to get clearance, and I still have a quarter inch of stud left to push through. Nothing short of dropping the axles or cutting the studs will get these things out. I'm also worried that if I was given the right studs originally, that they may not actually fit in the hub assembly, but that's something to worry about tomorrow, if at all.

2000 was the year they went from 12mm lugs to 14mm. If the difference is diamter, you may have bought the 12mm, but need the 14mm.

yeah the bolts are just bigger all around, length, diameter, etc.

I talked to a friend of mine who knows what he's doing and he said I had to drop the axles, which is something I'm *really* not looking forward to doing considering I've never done it and am limited on time, but whatever, I'll get around to it.

edit: while I'm here, does anybody have a guide to dropping the axle so I can get what I need done? I really don't have a clue as to what I'm doing, and I don't have my haynes manual on me, so if there were a picture guide on the internet somewhere, that'd be awesome. I have the 9.75" rearend by the way.