i was going to try and replace the stud but i'd end up breaking something else as i'm no mechanic. A new stud is only £5 from the dealer but they wanted £100 labour to do it, mmm no thanks i'll leave it as it is. does anyone know if its an mot failure if a stud is missing?
I think I know where I've been going wrong. I've been using a long thin hoover attachment which I put over the wrench for extra leverage. Silly me. So, I don't have to tighten them till I hear that cracking noise then?The wrench that comes with the Civic (tool kit) are set at this length to help you judge the correct tightness of the nuts.
i.e. hand tight with that wrench should be enough to hold the nuts in place. I usually do this and then give it less than a 1/8 turn just to nip them up a little.
Or as above, a torque wrench if you're concerned
Certainly not mate, you shouldn't hear any noise.
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total failure unfortunately, go to a local mechanic should cost less than 50 quid
If you check out the BSI website it'll give you torque settings for every nut and bolt on your motor mate.
Thank you.
The British Standards Institution website? If so I couldnt find anything on there, but then again I'm probably not looking in the correct place
It kinda goes with what size/thread of the nuts and bolts are.
it will probably have to be snapped to get it out if its too badly bent, iirc there is a space in the rotation of the hub that will allow a wheel stud to be taken out without needing to remove the hub, that might be a totally different car though......
Doh!
