Jon,
The lug is actually pressed into the drum, take the drum to an auto
parts store with a press and they will be able to press the old one out
and press the new
one in.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:50 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Replacing wheel lug???
>
> another is well on its way. (The stripped one doesn't even
> have a lug nut on it at the moment.) I need to replace them ASAP,
> but I can't figure out how to get the lug out of the wheel! (This
> is for a rear wheel, and I have ABS, if that matters.)
>
> I took off the wheel and removed the brake drum; no problems.
> But I can't figure out how to get the lug out of the wheel.
> I tried to knock it out with a hammer, then I thought maybe
> there was a little thread on it, so I tried a pipe wrench
> in both directions, but it didn't budge.
>
> I checked in my FSM before starting this, but I couldn't
> find anything about removing those lugs. (I did find something
> about removing one for the front wheels on a 4x4, but nothing
> for the rear wheels.)
>
> Help!! :-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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