Series 3 Changing to longer wheel studs

Morning all,

Today's job is swapping my wheel studs for the longer FRC7577 60mm studs, to go with with wolf rims I have fitted.

I'd hoped I could just tap them out in situ with the drum removed, so far so good, both rear wheels are done. Fingers crossed the fronts are as easy.

1. Wind on an old wheel nut and give a few good taps with a hammer.
2. Rotate the hub so the stud can be removed using the recess in the backing plate by the wheel cylinder.
3. Thread new stud in the same way.
4. Wind on an old nut with 2 thick washers between the nut and hub face.
5. Wind the nut on with an impact gun drawing in the stud.

Reason for the washers; as the stud comes through the hub, the last couple of mm aren't threaded, so ruin the thread on the nut, which in turn chews up the stud slightly when removing the nut.

So now I can drive knowing the wheels have a lot less chance of falling off!

When I did mine I drilled out the thread in a wheel nut and used that as the spacer.

I pushed mine out with a ball joint seperator rather than smacking with a hammer.

nice job. Are you drums on the front?

Fronts done too, just as easy as the rears with the same process.

Yes, drums front too.