The nut buster is a good tool and also the good old Dremel tool. That situation could have been resolved in a hour using a small abrasive wheel and the dremel tool. Split the nut down both sides and you are on your way. Cant do without my dremel working on vintage cars.
While reading this and chuckling i still am trying to figure why you would want to try and sve a stud that is loose(meaning it is junk any way) and needs to be replaced.Buy all means replace the studs on both sides there cheaper than the repairs to you quarter panels if you break them.ou:
I do not care about saving the stud. I pulled both axels the other day and removed ALL the studs. It turns out They are not true studs just bolts tacked into place.
Have it so its the only lug nut left. if theres a tire mounted, which im assuming. have someone pry against the tire while the other person loosens the lug nut. it should work, ive done it before!
In the future, for anyone else suffering from this, I've found that if you put a 4-way lug wrench on the stud, and then step down on it, it'll usually break off and then you can just slide the rim over the broken remains of the stud. And on another note, you don't have to pull the axles to replace studs, unless you're installing the extra long race-required studs. There's wiggle room between the brake drums to install a stud. And to install the stud, Make a spacer using a larger nut or several washers and pull the stud into the axle using an impact. I hope any of this helps someone. -Josh
