How-to: Replace a wheel stud and install a Hubcentric wheel spacer kit...

So after replacing all of my suspension components I found that my wheel offset was not enough to bring my front wheel flush with the body...





So I measured the distance it was off and ordered a Version 1 Ichiba Hubcentric 15mm spacer kit with new longer wheel studs. The version 2 kit has an adapter that you attach to your existing sheel studs. Then the plate has new wheel studs in it. Seems like more points of failure to me....http://www.ichibausa.com/








Once you get your car in the air and properly blocked, here are the tools you will need...





Remove your wheel...





Remove the two Brake Caliper bolts and the spring clip for your Brake Line (red dots)...





Remove your Brake Caliper...





Remove the Brake Rotor and align the wheel stud with the recess for removal (red dot). Spin an old lug nut or a nut of the same thread pitch and size on to the wheel stud to be removed. Strike the lug nut pretty hard with a HEAVY hammer. I used a 4lb mini sledge....





The stud is out. If the stud was broken to begin with then you will sometimes have to use a cold chisel or a punch to remove the remains of the wheel stud...





Once all of the wheel studs are out you will simply insert the new stud through the recess and make yourself a stud puller with washers or whatever you have laying around. They have to be strong due to the force it takes to get these bad boys set in place. It takes so much force I like to put just a dab of silicone grease on the splines to help them go into the rusty old hole easier...





Impact away until the stud is FULLY SEATED!!!...





THIS STUD IS NOT A FULLY SEATED STUD AND IT WILL FAIL IF DRIVEN ON!!! This also shows what happens when you do not keep your stud aligned with the recess for stud removal. You screw up your backing plate like a MORON (red dot)...





Repeat the process 4 more times and you are golden. Install the Brake Rotor, Brake Caliper bolts and spring clip. Slide your Hubcentric Spacer on...











Install your wheel lug nuts snug, lower the vehicle then torque the lug nuts to specifications. Never torque the lug nuts for your wheels in the air. Always snug them up then drop the car then torque to spec.


Here is where she sits now. Very flush and very nice...








More pics when it is nice out!






That will be all.

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this is on 300zxclub.com

 

Ohs noes! Now it is on here for reference also! =)

I hate linking to a thread on a different forum so I posted it here so you guys don't have to sign up for an account on another site if this is the only one you are a member of.


Yeah I posted it on 300ZXClub also. It is my write-up though. With my Blue car in my sig.

I also know that this is not rocket science but it is a good reference for people who just started working on cars and have questions.

 

Many thanks. We like your posts. Please keep them coming

Cheers,
Evan.

 

I like how you take the extra time to do these articles properly

 

hey mate cheers looks awesome! did you sand blast them in that cabinet i saw in one photo??? Do you think they are something worth buying?

 

nice writeup,i see them on the u.s forum,always interesting and well put together rocky

but wouldnt have been easier to use these,plug and play,bolt on,away you go

(dont take any notice of chad,its that time of the month lol,its good to have these on here for the members who live under a mushroom and think this is the only 300zx forum in the galaxy)

 

im not dissing ur articles at all dude. i love them, very thorough and clearly understandable. just saying instead of posting all, and there are a few and some more to come i see, again here when they are already on 300zxclub site just tell a mod to put them all in the tech article section....

 

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291357


I like them but there are better, larger options available now. I got these brakes ( I think that is what you are talking about) back in 01 when I bought the car. It was my first upgrade.

^ Not a fan of those at all. There are just too many points of failure if you ask me. I have seen those fail too. If you are going to drive your car like you stole it then use only the version that I installed. It really is not that much work to do it right the first time.

"It took you longer to explain why you were doing it wrong than it would have to do it right in the first place..." -Some old dude

Yeah I think they are. It is an easy copy and paste so it is no big deal. I thought you may have thought that I just took an article and called it my own...lol

 

p.s does any1 know if anything like this is legal in aust ???

i thought any kind of spacer is illegal ?

 

Never even thought of that!


Install at your own risk!!!

 

I highly doubt that they would be ADR compliant, but its not as if you can see them with the wheels on

 

Off road use only




Apparently they are illegal in Queensland.

Page 11

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resources/file/ebde8d0521b67c6/Pdf_modification_motor_vehicles2.pdf

 

yeah,yeah ,but so is smoking dope and they still do it

doesnt mean shit,they are overseas built,how would they know the individual laws in each country they are being sold to lol

 

Chad asked a question, I gave him an answer that relates to Queensland and probably the rest of the country.

Well obviously they felt enough countries would consider this mod to be illegal or possibly able to find them or the distributor responsible if something went wrong, cant think of any other reason they would label that way. .... or maybe they are just trying to sound hardcore lol

 

Exactly. Think of it as a bolt that bolts to another bolt. You have a point of failure at the bolt that bolts to the bolt. With a solid stud running all of the way through you take out the "middle man". We all know what the middle man does...lol


Would you rather have a 2-piece Axle or a one piece?


I have seen those inner bolts loosen up over time and cause major issues. Probably user error but I just really don't like them.

 

if you don't mind me asking, what sort of cost are you up for with a kit like this?

 

Well the kit costs over $100 US. But to install I usually charge about $100 US.


I really have no clue as to what it would cost for you guys to have it delivered to your door.



Maybe someone can chime in with an order from ICHIBA... ???



Refer to this thread on 3ZC as there has been some issues with the Stud splined area length which you can follow in this thread...


http://www.300zxclub.com/showthread.php?t=143601

 

These particular bolt on hubcentric spacers that have their own studs don't completely recess in the 15mm version. Only the 20mm and above let the original wheel stud bolts completely recess.