G37Sam

So after a one hour battle with the rear spacer nuts to take them out, one of my rear wheel studs came loose. The wheel shop had an air gun and managed to remove the nut, then retightened the wheel stud. I'm still very paranoid though and check the nuts after every drive.

Should I have the studs re-torqued in general or will my entire hub need to be replaced? I read online people welded those in, sounded a little too ghetto though lol

Kidcane

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As long as the splines are not stripped and it set back in properly, I would think you are fine but can never hurt to retorque once in a while.

Lt8Che

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Read up on what the deal was, sucks Sam. Sorry to hear but thanks for the warning. I will def be checking on mine when I get back.

G37Sam

I'll definitely have them looked at in the future. If anyone has torque specs from the factory service manual I'd appreciate that

wagonmaster69

They are 80-90lbs of torque.
I need to do the rear brakes on mine and was looking for the specs also and found them.

TVPostSound

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Sam,

I know this is an old post, but here's a factory service manual for you!!
Index of /FSM/G37





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LenitaUllrich

I would think you are fine but can never hurt to retorque once in a while.

G37Sam

Thanks for the links. I ended up breaking that same wheel stud later on and getting a new one lol

dimsler

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You're supposed to re-torque wheel studs/lug nuts after 40miles as a general precaution. A torque wrench is $50, cheap insurance for all your cars.

G37Sam

Every 40 miles? That's a little too frequent

Coprolite

Broken stud could indicate a wee bit of over torque. I believe dimsler is referring to checking the nut torque after the initial mileage to make sure none have backed off. I'm not so sure if that would apply for the studs. Wouldn't the wheel have to be removed to torque the stud? If the follow up applied, it would be: torque studs, torque nuts, drive, torque stud, torque nuts, drive, torque nuts. Get OCD that somehow the stud got loose and repeat....

By the way, the thread titlte made me think that Bruin got loose from Useless....

Kidcane

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Rad_Slinger

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I just put spacers on today. Now I'm paranoid. I don't think I could tighten them any more torque wrench or not.

Gah. I'm gonna go test drive it now.