Wheelstuds and nuts...

An interesting development on my onward journey into the unknown again today. In 'oozy' mud where 'Gertie' resides I found a N.S.F. wheel needed coming off to facilitate trackrod end, ball joint replacement. If I had a flat, dry and lit area to do this job I would not need the wheel off, however....
Four nuts spun off a treat, but one, (not my doing earlier) just rotates and the stud sits twizzling in the hubplate. I really am stuck now as the wheel rim itself sticks out in the way of grinders/slitting discs etc etc. So... any ideas whilst I slowly sink in the mire please. I tried screwing it out with Molegrips whilst applying backward pressure a la levers, but it simply laughs at me.... Not that I complain much you understand. I want it right anyway, so I will keep at it even if it loses me a wheel rim... !!!

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Try taking all 6 hub nuts off and undoing the bearing retaining nuts to get it off the vehicle. Once off you have a chance.

divie said:

Try taking all 6 hub nuts off and undoing the bearing retaining nuts to get it off the vehicle. Once off you have a chance.

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Thanks for that, that had occurred to me earlier today, but it seemed a bit of a hassle what with the inclement weather and all and, me being stuck outside in it..... I really must get a cover of some sort, I lost the old barn, although dark inside, one could, at a pinch get things done with some degree of dryness... :crutch:

i have managed to do it with a well worn 1mm cutting disc, only cutting the nut, slightly marked the wheel but if you do cut into the wheel just change it for another there's loads of land rover wheels about, and then if you haven't messed up the stud you can weld it in from the back

Could you not make a puller?

Hammer and sharp cold chisel to split the nut.

I've had success previously with nut splitters but never end one on a nut quite that large.

Thanks for all the replies guys, the offending nut/stud is a military type with the bevels on each end, so it isn't easy to chisel it all the way through because of any hammer blow is negated by the sheer looseness of the stud. It is such a trial to sort out but at least the track rod is done now and I only got wet and muddy knees ..... !!!!
I am going to remove the entire hub and sort it out when the rain stops for a few hours next week. I am surprised how cheap new studs are these days though, in the great scheme of things a new wheel stud is cheaper than a bag of crisps ?????? weird..

As an aside to the original question, I now have replacement studs and a few double bevelled wheelnuts of dubious history, however `i need to recut or at least attempt to reclaim the hub threads before welding in situ. Does anyone know the thread sizes of each end of the studs please. I could invest in a set of thread gauges but it seems a mite over the top for one job... !! I have a modest collection of taps and dies but not compatible with either stud thread, so accuracy is important..... :hijacked:

For the record, and for anyone else who finds themselves stuck in a similar quandary, the thread for both ends of the 2a, and other wheelstuds is 9/16th B.S.F. A tad obscure in usage but quite obtainable in taps and dies if one looks hard enough............