Swift Springs with HR 15mm spacers
04-23-15, 10:01 AM
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Only a fool would use a hammer to remove studs. If you do this, plan on buying new hubs soon. The ***** in the bearings will get dented when you hammer on the hub face, and they will die fairly quickly. It's a lot like slamming a wheel into a curb, just with a greater impact level because you are hammering directly on the wheel bearing.
Studs should always be pressed out, never hammered out.
Spacers used for appearance - i.e. to change the looks with a set of wheel with the correct offset - will also shorten wheel bearing life by changing the loading on the wheel bearing. They also change scrub radius, roll center, instant center, and whole host of other details the suspension engineers sweated out when they designed the chassis. If your goal is visual performance and mechanical performance be damned, stuff spacers between your stock wheels and hubs. If you want the car to turn, brake, and accelerate as intended by the factory, only use spacers to correct improper offsets with aftermarket wheels.
JMHO.
Studs should always be pressed out, never hammered out.
Spacers used for appearance - i.e. to change the looks with a set of wheel with the correct offset - will also shorten wheel bearing life by changing the loading on the wheel bearing. They also change scrub radius, roll center, instant center, and whole host of other details the suspension engineers sweated out when they designed the chassis. If your goal is visual performance and mechanical performance be damned, stuff spacers between your stock wheels and hubs. If you want the car to turn, brake, and accelerate as intended by the factory, only use spacers to correct improper offsets with aftermarket wheels.
JMHO.
04-23-15, 12:08 PM
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Who said anything about banging on the hub face? I just put a lug nut on the stud and tap it a couple of times with the hammer and it pops right out. Am I missing something?
04-23-15, 12:35 PM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...heel-stud.html
See the last post, and also see the $20 tool you can buy to do it right without damaging anything.
04-23-15, 06:01 PM
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Only a fool would use a hammer to remove studs. If you do this, plan on buying new hubs soon. The ***** in the bearings will get dented when you hammer on the hub face, and they will die fairly quickly. It's a lot like slamming a wheel into a curb, just with a greater impact level because you are hammering directly on the wheel bearing.
Studs should always be pressed out, never hammered out.
Spacers used for appearance - i.e. to change the looks with a set of wheel with the correct offset - will also shorten wheel bearing life by changing the loading on the wheel bearing. They also change scrub radius, roll center, instant center, and whole host of other details the suspension engineers sweated out when they designed the chassis. If your goal is visual performance and mechanical performance be damned, stuff spacers between your stock wheels and hubs. If you want the car to turn, brake, and accelerate as intended by the factory, only use spacers to correct improper offsets with aftermarket wheels.
JMHO.
Studs should always be pressed out, never hammered out.
Spacers used for appearance - i.e. to change the looks with a set of wheel with the correct offset - will also shorten wheel bearing life by changing the loading on the wheel bearing. They also change scrub radius, roll center, instant center, and whole host of other details the suspension engineers sweated out when they designed the chassis. If your goal is visual performance and mechanical performance be damned, stuff spacers between your stock wheels and hubs. If you want the car to turn, brake, and accelerate as intended by the factory, only use spacers to correct improper offsets with aftermarket wheels.
JMHO.
04-23-15, 11:30 PM
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04-24-15, 08:03 AM
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I agree using the tool is probably the right way. I really never knew a tool even existed. I've been using the hammer trick on all my vehicles and never had an issue with the hub or wheel bearing going bad and some of those were over 100k miles after doing it.
04-24-15, 09:42 AM
#82
I've done arp extended studs with spacers as well as adapter spacers and both never gave me any problems or became loose on me. As long as they are all tourqed down properly with an impact 3/8 or 1/2". But idk how it'll hold up at 170mph or drifting constantly
04-24-15, 10:39 AM
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I agree with lobuxracer that spacers should be used to correct wheel offset. But people rarely follow that rule on this board and others. Theoretically you will get shortened wheel bearing life...and I believe you cannot just replace the bearings on our ISFs, you have to replace the entire hub.
04-24-15, 06:11 PM
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I don't fear spacers at all. i just see people changing the offset without understanding the full impact of fashion modifications. The engineers sweated a whole bunch of details when they built the suspension. Arbitrarily changing it without considering the impact because you don't like the way it looks has a price.
There was a lowering mod - spacers underneath the front lower control arm - that makes the car look great, but everyone concerned about mechanical performance who tried it was unhappy with what it did to the handling.
I have maintained for a very long time, there are visual performance mods and mechanical performance mods. To get both at the same time takes a whole lot of homework, and the aftermarket sources recommending mods for visual performance don't do the necessary homework to make sure mechanical performance is not degraded. I see it all the time here, and a lot moreso than other boards I frequent.
Last edited by lobuxracer; 04-24-15 at 06:15 PM.
