Thread: Help! Trying to replace broken front hub spigot

I would have no reservations grinding a flat side into the new stud head to get it in. I have seen new studs made that way so cant see it would be a problem. Sure beats trying to part the hub from the bearing carrier.

Ok, today was spent trying to finish this up, to no success.

Got an angle grinder, ground off the broken stud, knocked it out, and ground off a edge from the new one. Line it up, fail. The stud is far too long to line up and still gets hung up on the hubs ground off a bit more, still can't get the right angle.

After seeing how far it needs to go, while accepting its not going to work, we ground off nearly half the head before giving up and starting to look at cutting off some of the thread....

Cracked and threw myself on the mercy of a local mechanic, who immediately informed me that the stud is too long to knock through, and indeed the hub needs to come apart but fortunately it's not going to affect the wheel bearing, which I was worried about. However, I think I'll leave it to a mechanic, I'm in need of a cv joint soon so hub has to come apart for that anyway, 2 birds one stone all that jazz, ah well! It was an experience

Thanks for the update. I know you have to split the hub to get the new wheel stud in ( as you have now explained), however it is not necessary if you are only replacing the CVJ. Good luck with it.