Is there a easy process to remove my WMW wheel studs? I'm parting the car out soon. I've seen a blow torch process and a two wrench process? Any tips? Thanks.

 

Just use TWO nuts...
One will lock the other one on....then dimply remove.
Heat may be needed to soften locktight...or possibly break rust, but 2 nuts should work fine.

 

Why don't you leave those on, if you are worried about removing them? One boogered up thread and you are replacing a bearing. It's probably not that tough to pull them out. Did you use red or blue loctite?

Mike

 

http://www.matcotools.com/catalog/pr...RACTIONAL-SET/ works for me.. (look for the cheaper versions...)

 

If you used red loctite you'll need heat. Are you trying to save the studs? If not you can just file some flat spots and use vice grips. But the two nut method is the easiest.

 

Yes red loctite. So I'll need a torch to loose them up a bit? I might get another mini so I'm trying to salvage them for now.

 

Then heat them, and use the two nut method. The kit I showed can nick up the threads a little.

 

A torch or even a heat gun will work. They don't have to be red hot.

 

I'll try my heatgun out first.

 

I've never understood people going gorilla tight on wheel studs. Mine are just barely snugged with blue loctite. I can get them out with just an allen key. The pulling force on the stud and friction between the threads from that pull is what keeps studs in place.

I know this doesn't help you, but I just hope any others that might run into this discussion considering wheel studs installs them properly.

 

Agreed. The torque needed on the studs when you install them is pretty little. You're just putting them in with a little allen key after all. I used red loctite though instead of blue. My only concern with the studs is having them start to back out when removing lug nuts with an impact gun which I do probably once a weekend (on average). I've had helicoils start to back out when removing bolts and I'm sure the same thing could happen to studs if you didn't have some loctite holding them in there. However, at this point I know if a lug nut isn't seated all the way just by looking at it. We've got open-ended lugs so I can see how far into the lug nut the stud goes and can tell if a lug nut is still a little loose or if something is wrong.