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Nov 21, 2010 | 10:54 PM

SinisterC6

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rear wheel stud removal

anyone have a good link to the removal of the rear wheel studs?

Nov 21, 2010 | 11:01 PM

RicK T

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I have this one. Hope it helps.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...djustment.html

Nov 21, 2010 | 11:07 PM

SinisterC6

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im that far along, i have the studs poped in the rear but the hub is in the way, i guess i should ask "how to remove rear hub"

Nov 22, 2010 | 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SinisterC6

im that far along, i have the studs poped in the rear but the hub is in the way, i guess i should ask "how to remove rear hub"

you should be able to spin the spindle a few degrees and ge tthe studs out the nback in

Nov 22, 2010 | 06:41 PM

Bill Dearborn

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im that far along, i have the studs poped in the rear but the hub is in the way, i guess i should ask "how to remove rear hub"

I suspect the re-installation of new rear studs on a C6 is the same as on a C5. On my C5Z I had to drill a hole in the parking brake backing plate to get enough clearance to put the new stud in. The hole was located in front of the hub, just big enough to stick the stud through the plate and close to the parking brake spring mounting point but it did not damage the spring mounting point.

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Nov 22, 2010 | 11:37 PM

ABNRGR

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Yep, the hub needs to come off. I went through this myself. I've done this many times on past cars and when I couldn't figure out how to get the 1st stud all the way out I went to the Service Manual. It said the Hub has to come off and I wasn't comfortable doing it myself. I ended up taking it to the dealership.

Per the service manual the suspension knuckle has to be separated from the upper and lower A arms. Then the hub has to be removed from the suspension knuckle to be able to get the studs out.

Last edited by ABNRGR; Nov 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM.

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