lug nuts: kind of important to have

Yup, just the way Mafix said it. I had to replace like 5 of the studs on a sentra a couple summers ago, what a pita!

 

I don't think you have to drain them, but to remove the drum, it should just have a single nut in the center, with a cotter pin, or a couple screws holding it to the hub. Depends on what year it is, I would think?

 

ya u shouldnt have to bleed anything unless u take the line from the wheel cylinder which u shouldnt have to do just leave it connected and make sure it doesnt hang by it

 

How about disk breaks I have to do the same on my car... Unrelated to Impact Wrench

 

you only need 1 nut

and disks i think you just remove the rotor, bang it out, use the method to sink it in, and put it all back together.

 

well he said he had 4 lugs so the rear is a drum setup. In that case pop the center cap and remove the large nut and cotter pin and the drum should pop right off.....minuswhale repack the bearing while you are in there too.

To put the nut back on spin the wheel freely with your hand while tightening it with your other hand until the wheel stops spinning. Then back off a little bit and put a new cotter pin in

 

what, you dont have to pull out any large nut to remove the drum in the rear..
just like mafix said, unbolt the wheel, hit the drum and pull the drum off.
hammer out the lug.
insert in new lug.
tighten.
put on drum,
put on wheel.
tighten all lugs especially the one you changed.

Ive done this several occasions on the front and rear.

 

remove wheel,
remove caliper and caliper mounting bracket.
take rotor off.
hammer out old lugs
insert in new lugs,
replace everything you removed.
put back on wheel and tighten.

 

nope never on any 4th gen.
no nut or screws.
these pics might help
http://www.st162.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=811

 

I had a woman do this on my Camaro once. I can almost promise it involved a curb, not a monkey with an impact wrench. Smacking a curb will shear a stud faster than anything I can think of.

As for replacing it, as has been said, just remove the drum (nothing holding it on once the wheel is off) and smack the old stud out. Put the new stud in and press it all the way in, using the lugnut method described.

It is the same process for disc brakes, but you have to remove the caliper, bracket and rotor.

 

Its relatively easy... All of 4 bolts to remove to get at the stud...

And word of warning if you're doing this on an alltrac you're gonna want 4 jack stands or some guts to do this the studs re surrounded by this crappy metal collar thats a major PITA to get off so its easier to lift the car up and just rotate the wheel.



and on that note, unless you have no other option... dont barrow jack stands from your neighbor who does lifted trucks... LOL

even on the lowest notch thats about 2 feet off the ground!

 

whoops. what the hell keeps the drum (and subsequently the wheel) on the assembly then? are the lugs not fit into the drum? I'm just going from every drum brake I've seen

 

The studs are fitted to the hub, the drum fits over the studs and brakes, just as the wheel does. The lugnuts are what keep the wheel and the drum in place.

 

should be 7 inch... (the at wheels are...)

I'm running 215's on my scion wheels and they are 7 inch